Senior soldier Nazar Kryveiko from the village of Mazury in Yavoriv district has been posthumously awarded the Order “For Courage” Third Class. The state award was presented to his family as a token of gratitude for his courage, bravery and self-sacrifice in the fight for Ukraine.
In total, Orders “For Courage” Third Class were presented to the families of 22 National Guard soldiers from Lviv region who gave their lives defending Ukraine from Russian aggression. This was reported by the head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration, Maksym Kozytskyi.
The following were posthumously awarded state honours:
- Senior sergeant Taras Volianiuk from the village of Ponykovytsia in Zolochiv district (48 years old);
- Senior soldier Volodymyr Hrynkevych from the village of Borynychi in Stryi district (26 years old);
- Junior sergeant Roman Lupiichuk from the village of Nyzhni Hai in Drohobych district (40 years old);
- Staff sergeant Kostiantyn Shadov from Lviv (51 years old);
- Senior lieutenant Andrii Danylkev from the settlement of Verkhnie Syniovydne in Stryi district (35 years old);
- Soldier Vasyl Kovalchuk from the village of Hlushyn in Zolochiv district (36 years old);
- Senior soldier Volodymyr Pohranychnyi from the settlement of Novyi Yarychiv in Lviv district (35 years old);
- Senior soldier Bohdan Klymkiv from the village of Didyliv in Lviv district (44 years old);
- Soldier Taras Maslianyk from the village of Railiv in Stryi district (28 years old);
- Soldier Andrii Savka from Lviv (37 years old);
- Junior sergeant Roman Sadovyi from the village of Stare Selo in Lviv district (48 years old);
- Senior soldier Nazar Kryveiko from the village of Mazury in Yavoriv district (24 years old);
- Soldier Dmytro Bereznyi from Lviv (31 years old);
- Senior soldier Oleh Vilshynskyi from the village of Lavochne in Stryi district (31 years old);
- Soldier Volodymyr Datsyshyn from the village of Ruda-Siletska in Lviv district (41 years old);
- Sergeant Mykhailo Kotiukh from the village of Hologory in Zolochiv district (45 years old);
- Soldier Mykhailo Kuzi from the village of Nyzhnia Yablunka in Sambir district (53 years old);
- Soldier Andrii Lyzan from the village of Dobriachyn in Sheptytskyi district (29 years old);
- Senior soldier Stepan Panasevych from Lviv (40 years old);
- Junior sergeant Mykhailo Rychkov from Lviv (42 years old);
- Soldier Taras Starovoitov from Lviv (33 years old);
- Senior soldier Andrii Tesliuk from the village of Batiatychi in Lviv district (45 years old).
The awards were presented to the families of the fallen soldiers together with the head of the Western Territorial Directorate of the National Guard of Ukraine and the commander of the 2nd Halychyna Brigade.
“No award can lessen the pain of losing your dearest ones. But each one is proof that the State remembers the feat of our compatriots, recognises it and honours it. My sincere condolences to the families of our Defenders. I would also like to remind you that in Lviv we have opened the Office for Supporting Military Families. Here, families of service personnel, veterans, prisoners of war, the missing and fallen Defenders, both men and women, receive free assistance” — Maksym Kozytskyi
At the Office for Supporting Military Families in Lviv, they provide legal, psychological and psychotherapeutic consultations, help with social support, arranging payments and benefits, and also offer support during treatment and rehabilitation. Separate programmes are aimed at the families of prisoners of war and the missing.
The institution operates at: Lviv, vul. Sichovykh Striltsiv, 21.