Reconnaissance Soldier Stepan Hnilyuk Returns Home on His Shield
With deep sorrow and pain in our hearts, we inform you…
The reconnaissance gunner of the reconnaissance section of the reconnaissance company of military unit A0216, sailor Stepan Hnilyuk, born in 1997, who voluntarily stood to defend the Homeland, having been enlisted on a contract for military service on November 30, 2023, returns home… on a shield.
Disappearance and Identification
Since October 31, 2024, he was considered missing during a combat mission in the area of the settlement Kurakhivka, Donetsk region. We sincerely believed, hoped, and prayed that he was alive. But fate decided otherwise… After identification, it became known: Stepan died, giving his life for Ukraine.
Return Home
He returns to his native village Prystan, to his wife, little children, to his brother and sisters… Returns as a true Hero. Returns to find eternal peace on his native land.
On Wednesday, May 7, the mournful cortege with the body of our Defender will arrive in the city of Velyki Mosty, from where it will proceed to the village Prystan, where the funeral ceremony will immediately take place. The exact time of the meeting will be announced additionally.
Eternal memory to you, Stepan… We bow low for your courage, for your sacrifice, for peace, for our tranquility. Heroes do not die. Glory to the Hero!