On Friday, 13 November, Lviv will bid farewell to servicemen Ivan Hlavnyi, Liubomyr Hidei and Oleh Chverenko, who were killed while defending Ukraine from the Russian occupiers. Residents and visitors of the city are urged to attend the ceremonies and to refrain from entertainment during this time.
The farewell to Liubomyr Hidei will begin at 9:30 at the Church of Volodymyr and Olha on 5 Symonenka Street. The funeral service for the soldiers will start at 11:00 at the Garrison Church of Sts Peter and Paul, after which, at approximately 11:30, a citywide ceremony will be held on Rynok Square. The defenders will be buried in the field of honourable burials No. 87 at Lychakiv Cemetery (Pasichna Street).
Ivan Hlavnyi (20.01.2000 — 09.11.2026) was born in the village of Somivka in Kharkiv Oblast. He studied at the Somivka branch of the municipal institution “Zachepylivskyi Lyceum” of the Zachepylivka settlement council of Berestynskyi district of Kharkiv Oblast, as well as at Vocational School No. 88 in the settlement of Mahdalynivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. He took part in the Joint Forces Operation and, with the start of the full-scale invasion, continued his service on the Donetsk and Luhansk fronts as part of the 93rd Separate Mechanised Brigade “Kholodnyi Yar” of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. He was awarded a distinction by the commander of the troops of Operational Command “Skhid”. Ivan Hlavnyi is survived by his mother, son, brother, sister and wider family.
Liubomyr Hidei (21.08.1977 — 26.03.2024) came from the village of Sholomynychi in Lviv Oblast. He graduated from the Sholomynychi general secondary education institution of the first degree and qualified as a wide-profile tractor and machinery operator at the state educational institution “Pohirtsi Higher Vocational School”; later he studied at the Rivne Higher Vocational School of the Department of Security Police. He completed compulsory military service and worked in the construction sector in private companies. After the start of the full-scale war, he stepped forward to defend Ukraine and fought on the Donetsk front as part of the 80th Separate Air Assault Halytska Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces. Liubomyr Hidei is survived by his mother, wife, daughter, son, two sisters, brother and other relatives.
Oleh Chverenko (07.04.1969 — 02.11.2026) was born in the city of Boryslav, Lviv Oblast. He studied at Boryslav General Secondary Education Institution I–III degrees No. 1, and obtained the qualification of electro-gas welder at the vocational education institution “Boryslav Centre for Vocational Education”. He performed compulsory military service and worked as a driver at the limited liability company “NEO-TRANS”. He was a participant in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) and later continued to defend Ukraine during the Battle of Kyiv and on the South-Slobozhanske and Kherson fronts as part of the 67th Separate Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and the 140th Separate Special Purpose Centre of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces. He subsequently served in military unit A4001 and at the Stryi District Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centre.
For his service, Oleh Chverenko was honoured with a number of awards: a distinction of the Head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration — the “Volunteer” badge, the medals “For the Defence of the Native State”, “For Dignity and Patriotism”, “For Loyalty to the Struggle”, the “Fighter/Veteran of the Right Sector Volunteer Corps 2014” badge, and the “Knight’s Cross of the Volunteer” order. He is survived by his mother, wife, sons, daughter, sister, comrades-in-arms and family.