Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 19 ga Agusta, 2014, Semenchenko ya ji rauni ta hanyar shrapnel lokacin da sojojinsa suka sami rauni ta hanyar wuta kafin su shiga
garin Ilovaysk, kilomita 18 a gabashin 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".