Every day at 9 a.m. – a nationwide minute of silence. Stop wherever you are and honor the cherished memory of all those who died for Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression.
🕯️ Kostiantyn Solomakin
He was born in Budapest, Hungary. In 2025, he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He carried out combat missions in the Southern Slobozhanshchyna and Donetsk sectors as part of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade. He had been considered missing in action. The defender died on May 26, 2025.
🕯️ Olena Balym
A native of Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. In 2018, she joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. She carried out combat missions in the Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, and Donetsk sectors as part of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo. She was awarded the medal “For the Defense of Bakhmut.” The defender died on July 20.
🕯️ Oleksandr Hrudetskyi
A resident of Lviv. At the start of the full-scale invasion, he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He carried out combat missions in the Southern Slobozhanshchyna and Donetsk sectors as part of the 1st Donetsk Border Detachment “Hart.” He was awarded the President of Ukraine’s distinction – the medal “For the Defense of Ukraine.” The defender died on August 8.
🕯️ Mykola Zub
A resident of the village of Streptiv, Kamianka-Buzka community, Lviv district. He served in military unit 3101. The defender’s heart stopped as a result of illness on August 7.
🕯️ Yaroslav Paranko
A resident of the village of Pidhorodyshche, Bibrka community, Lviv district. Sergeant. He served as a rifleman in the 2nd squad of a rifle platoon of a rifle company of the 2nd Rifle Battalion of the 2nd Separate Halychyna Brigade. From November 4, 2025, he was officially recognized as being in captivity. According to the conclusion of a forensic medical examination, the defender died on September 9, 2025.
🕯️ Oleh Miskovych
A resident of the village of Banyunyn, Novyi Yarychiv community. Chief Sergeant. In February 2022, Oleh voluntarily joined the 125th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as part of the 218th Separate Battalion. He carried out combat missions near Bakhmut, the Serebrianske Forestry, and in the Zaporizhzhia sector. He had been considered missing in action. He was killed on October 17, 2025.
🕯️ Myroslav Koropetskyi
A resident of the village of Voroniaky, Zolochiv district. He served in military unit A4862 as a chief sergeant – commander of a combat vehicle of the 2nd multiple-launch rocket artillery platoon of a multiple-launch rocket artillery battery. He was killed on August 6 near the settlement of Vyshneve, Kamianske district, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The defender was 30 years old.
🕯️ Oleksandr Derenskyi
Originally from Dnipro, he had lived in Stebnyk, Drohobych community, for the past 10 years.
He joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in June 2025 and served in military unit V3394 as part of the 119th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade, 1st Battalion, 1st Company. He was killed on April 22, 2026, while serving with an evacuation group in the settlement of Myropillia, Sumy Oblast. Since then, he had been considered missing in action. The defender was 37 years old.
🕯️ Vasyl Chmola
A resident of the village of Novosilky, Zolochiv district. He joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in November 2022. The soldier served as a driver in a squad of an anti-tank platoon of a rifle battalion as part of the 116th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
He was killed on April 11, 2024, near the settlement of Novomykhailivka, Marinka district, Donetsk Oblast. He had been considered missing in action for more than two years. The defender was 37 years old.
🕯️ Andrii Abramiuk
A resident of Boryslav. He joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2023. He served in military unit A7285 — the 119th Separate Territorial Defense Battalion, which is part of the 111th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade. The defender died on August 12. He was 45 years old.
Eternal and cherished memory to the Heroes🕊️