Heroes Among Us
3/13/2026
War veteran Maksym Yaroshenko has returned to work at Zaporizhstal and found his calling in sport
Energetic, positive, and passionate about his work. That is how colleagues describe Maksym Yaroshenko – a war veteran and employee at Zaporizhstal.Maksym joined the company straight after completing his studies in 2017. He started as an electrician and gradually mastered the complex work of repairing and commissioning the plant’s weighing systems. He was helped in taking his first professional steps by his mentor, Stanislav Buhaichenko, an experienced electrical engineer. Back then, in peacetime, Stanislav taught Maksym the finer points of the profession, passed on his knowledge and supported his young colleague."The work is painstaking; it requires attention to detail and good eyesight. There are many weighing systems at the plant, and they all must be accurate and reliable. Now, with power cuts happening, the equipment breaks down more often, so there’s plenty of work,” says Maksym.With the start of the Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Maksym volunteered to defend his countr