Four fallen servicemen from the Drohobych community have been posthumously awarded the Order “For Courage” Third Class. The state awards were presented to the families of the defenders who were killed in action while fighting for the freedom and territorial integrity of Ukraine, the Drohobych District Military Administration reported.
Bohdan Vovkiv was from the village of Nahuievychi. From the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he voluntarily joined the Defence Forces. He served as acting commander of a rifle platoon, looked after his subordinates and oversaw the unit’s logistics. He was killed on 21 June 2023 while carrying out a combat mission near Khromove in Donetsk region.
Roman Stasyk was from Stebnyk. From February 2023, he served in the rifle battalion of military unit A4821, where he served as a paramedic. He fell on 7 June 2023 while carrying out a combat mission near Khromove in the Bakhmut sector.
Oleksandr Bonys, a Drohobych native, joined military unit A1108 after completing his studies and, from October 2021, carried out missions in Donetsk region. Later he served in the 68th Separate Jaeger Brigade as an artillery fire adjustment operator. On 13 May 2024, he sustained severe wounds in battle, and on 20 May he died in hospital.
Oleh Yakymiv was from the village of Rykhtychi. In February 2024, he joined Ukraine’s defenders. He served as a senior rifleman-operator in a jaeger unit of military unit A4056. He was killed on 6 May 2024 while carrying out a combat mission near Semenivka in the Pokrovsk sector.
Eternal remembrance and glory to the fallen defenders of the Drohobych community.