Prior to his election, he served in the war in Donbas, commanding Cyborgs from the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps during the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport.

Andriy Andriiovych Sharaskin was born on 20 September 1977 in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil, then part of the Soviet Union.

[2] Following the Revolution of Dignity and the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War he joined the far-right Right Sector as well as its paramilitary wing, the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps.

He fought in the war in Donbas, and was one of the commanders of the Cyborgs during the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport, leading units of the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps.

In June 2021, along with 9 other People's Deputies from Holos, Sharaskin established the Justice parliamentary group in protest of Kira Rudik's leadership of the party.

[9] However, in the Verkhovna Rada he proposed an amendment to exclude sexual orientation and gender identity from recognised forms of discrimination in media.