Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 19 ga watan Agusta 2014, Semenchenko ya ji rauni ne ta hanyar shrapnel lokacin da sojojinsa suka sami rauni a gaban wuta.
shiga garin Ilovaysk, kilomita 18 gabas da Donetsk. An yi masa fiɗa na gaggawa kuma ya warke a hankali. Daga baya Ministan Harkokin Cikin Gida Arsen Avakov ya ba shi lambar yabo ta Bohdan Khmelnytsky. A cikin 2014 koyaushe ana ɗaukar hoto yayin sanye da balaklava. Cire shi a ranar 1 ga Satumba, 2014, ya ce, "Ban taɓa jin tsoro ba, na damu da iyalina; yanzu suna cikin aminci kuma ban ji tsoro ba".