On Thursday, 5 November, a farewell ceremony will be held in Lviv for serviceman Vadym Diachenko, who gave his life defending Ukraine from the Russian occupiers. The city authorities are calling on Lviv residents and visitors to join the ceremony and to refrain at this time from entertainment events and celebrations.
The funeral rite will begin at 11:00 at the Garrison Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. At approximately 11:30, a citywide farewell ceremony will be held on Rynok Square. The burial will take place at Lychakiv Cemetery, in the field of honourable burials No. 87 on Pasichna Street.
Vadym Diachenko was born on 24 June 1970 and was a Lviv native. He studied at a secondary school in Lviv and later continued his education at a Lviv vocational technical college. After that, he completed his compulsory military service.
In peacetime, he worked as a storekeeper at a private enterprise. According to his family, Vadym was a kind, calm, sincere and compassionate person, always ready to help others. He loved his homeland, was passionate about sport, particularly rugby, and also enjoyed spending time in nature, fishing and mushroom picking.
With the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Vadym Diachenko took up arms to defend Ukraine. At first, he defended the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the state in the South Slobozhanskyi sector as part of the 116th Separate Mechanised Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and later continued his service in the 10th Army Corps of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
For his service to the state, the defender was awarded the Presidential decoration of Ukraine — the medal “For Military Service to Ukraine”, as well as a decoration of the 116th Separate Mechanised Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Vadym Diachenko is survived by his wife.