Valerii Ivanovych Krasnian (Ukrainian: Валерій Іванович Краснян; 20 February 1971, Hlyboka, Chernivtsi Oblast — 23 November 2022, Kharkiv Oblast[1][2]) was a Ukrainian volunteer, one of the symbols of the fight for Donetsk airport ("cyborg"),[3] a serviceman of the 107th Territorial Defense Brigade[4] of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

[1] In 1996, Krasnian joined the Tryzub public organization of Stepan Bandera followers, where he became friends with Dmytro Yarosh.

Later he joined the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps under call sign Bars and was appointed commander of the 2nd Assault Company of the 5th Battalion.

[7] With the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, he returned from abroad[8] and joined the Ukrainian Volunteer Army in February 2022 (where he headed the Bars Company in his native 5th Battalion), and in the summer of 2022 – the 107th Territorial Defense Brigade.

[13][14][15] A wax figure of the Chernivtsi "cyborg" Valerii Krasnian was made for the exhibition "Nashi" of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War, which stands against the background of the DAP tower.