Every day at 9:00 a.m., Ukraine observes a nationwide minute of silence. Stop wherever you are and honor the cherished memory of all those who died for Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression.
🕯️ Vitalii Kutsyk
A resident of the village of Torchynovychi in the Staryi Sambir community. He served as a combat medic with the 2nd Mechanized Platoon of the 2nd Mechanized Company of the 3rd Mechanized Battalion of Military Unit A5001.
He had been considered missing for a long time. He was killed on December 30, 2024, near the settlement of Solone in the Pokrovsk district of the Donetsk region.
🕯️ Oleh Slepokura
A native of the city of Belz in the Lviv region. At the start of the full-scale invasion, he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He carried out combat missions in the Dnipropetrovsk, Southern Slobozhanshchyna, Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors as part of the 80th Separate Galician Air Assault Brigade.
He was awarded distinctions of the President of Ukraine: the Orders for Courage, 2nd and 3rd Class, the For the Defense of Ukraine distinction, the Golden Cross distinction of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the War Veteran medal. The defender passed away on June 19.
🕯️ Andrii Pyrch “Doctor”
A resident of Lviv. At the start of the full-scale invasion, he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He carried out combat missions in the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk sectors as part of the 45th Separate Artillery Brigade named after General Myron Tarnavskyi.
He was awarded the Badge of Honor of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the For Excellence in Military Service distinction of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the War Veteran medal. The warrior passed away on May 24.
🕯️ Oleh Kharkevych
A resident of Lviv. At the start of the full-scale invasion, he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He carried out combat missions in the Donetsk sector as part of the 80th Separate Galician Air Assault Brigade. He was awarded the War Veteran medal. The defender passed away on July 2.
🕯️ Oleksii Bondarchuk
A resident of Zhovkva. At the start of the full-scale invasion, he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He carried out combat missions as part of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade. He was wounded. Sadly, on July 17, 2026, the defender’s heart stopped while he was undergoing treatment at a hospital in the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk region. He was 47 years old.
🕯️ Andrii Batytskyi
A resident of the village of Malniv in the Yavoriv district. A junior sergeant, border guard inspector and anti-tank guided missile system gunner. He was killed on June 27, 2025, near the settlement of Bila Hora in the Donetsk region. He served with a rapid-response border command unit.
🕯️ Liubomyr Lapei
Originally from the village of Yalynkuvate in the Slavske community. He was killed on July 14 while carrying out a combat mission near the city of Sloviansk in the Donetsk region. The defender was 35 years old.
🕯️ Yulian Sosnovskyi
A native of Novoiavorivsk. He lived in the village of Starychi. After the start of the full-scale invasion, he joined the 129th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade in the autumn of 2022. After being wounded, he continued his service in the National Guard of Ukraine as part of the 14th Chervona Kalyna Operational Brigade. He had been considered missing since August 2025. He was killed on August 14, 2025, near the village of Novoekonomichne in the Donetsk region. He was 27 years old.
🕯️ Andrii Katsiuba
A resident of the village of Ostriv in the Rudky community of the Sambir district.
He served as an unmanned aerial vehicle operator in the unmanned systems squad of an assault company within the assault battalion of a military unit.
He was killed on July 12 near the settlement of Malokaterynivka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Eternal and cherished memory to the Heroes🕊️