Yulia Mykolaivna Mykytenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Миколаївна Микитенко, born 18 July 1995)[1] is a military servicewoman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, combatant of the Russo-Ukrainian War, recipient of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (3rd class)[2] and the Order for Courage (3rd class),[3] activist of the сivic movement "Vidsich" and of the NGO "Female veterans movement".

Her parents have met while working at a currency exchange point: her mother was a cashier and her father was a security guard.

[4] Right after Euromaidan she took part in the activities of the сivic movement "Vidsich" (particularly, in the campaign "Do not buy Russian goods!").

In the spring of 2017, as a person with a higher education, she was sent to a three-month officer course at the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy in Lviv.

[14] In addition to the usual duties of a class curator, Yulia also had to deal with the everyday problems of her subordinates, since the school, like the Armed Forces of Ukraine in general, was not completely adapted for the education and accommodation of girls.

[5] At night of 11 October 2020 her father, Mykola Mykytenko, also a veteran of the Donbas war, set himself on fire at the Independence Square in Kyiv to show his protest against the policies of Volodymyr Zelenskyy administration, which he considered to be leading the country into capitulation.

[17] On 2 September 2021 she left the Armed Forces of Ukraine, planning to build her career somewhere in the civilian sphere.