Every day at 9 a.m., there is a nationwide minute of silence. Stop wherever you are and honour the memory of all those who died for Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression.
🕯 Victor Bortnik
A resident of Brody, Zolochiv District. He defended his homeland for three years. The soldier was a senior soldier in the 154th Separate Mechanised Brigade, serving as a crew member of the first mortar platoon of the mortar battery of the mechanised battalion.
He died on 31 October in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. He was 49 years old.
🕯️ Vasyl Zagaiyskyi
A resident of the town of Mykolaiv in the Stryi district. He died in October 2024 near the village of Pobeda in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk region. He was 35 years old.
🕯️ Petro Masliy
A native of Lviv. He was a participant in the Anti-Terrorist Operation. With the start of the full-scale invasion, he joined the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade of Transcarpathia to defend his homeland. He died on 31 October. The soldier was 55 years old.
🕯️ Mykhailo Smerechak
He was born in the village of Pidbuzh, Skhidnytsia community, Drohobych district. He joined the defence of the country in 2025. He served as a machine gunner in the 3rd Mechanised Battalion of the 141st Separate Mechanised Brigade. He was killed while performing a combat mission near the village of Oleksandrohrad, Donetsk region. He was considered missing in action for more than two months.
Eternal respect and fond remembrance to all fallen heroes!🙏🏻