A nationwide minute of silence will be held every day at 9 o’clock. Stop wherever you are and honour the cherished memory of all those who died for Ukraine because of Russian aggression.
Lviv region says goodbye to its defenders today
🕯 Oleg Melnychuk
A resident of the village of Hirnyk, Sheptytskyi district. The soldier has been defending Ukraine since 2014. Due to his health condition, he left the service, but in the first days of the full-scale invasion, he voluntarily rejoined the Armed Forces. Unfortunately, the soldier died in hospital.
🕯️ Mykola Mykolaiuk
A resident of Sheptytske. At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Last year, he left military service for health reasons. He was 37 years old.
🕯️ Stepan Hnyliuk
A resident of the village Prystan, Velykomostivska community, Sheptytskyi district. He was a scout gunner of the reconnaissance division of the reconnaissance company of the military unit A0216, a sailor. He voluntarily joined the defence of the Motherland in November 2023. He has been missing since 31 October 2024.
🕯️ Petro Troian
A resident of Zolochiv. He joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in October 2024. The warrior was an anti-aircraft gunner of the anti-aircraft missile platoon of the airmobile battalion of the military unit A0284. He died on 1 May near the village of Sadky, Sumy region. The defender was 45 years old.
🕯️ Robert Karapata
A resident of the village of Murovane, Lviv district. The soldier defended Ukraine in the eastern direction. He died on 2 May near the village of Muravka, Pokrovsk district, Donetsk region. The defender was 27 years old.
🕯️ Yuriy Pertak
Born in Stebnyk, later lived in Drohobych. He took part in hostilities in the ATO zone in 2014.
With the beginning of the full-scale invasion, despite his disability, Yurii returned from abroad and rejoined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the war, the defender was repeatedly awarded military decorations of various levels. Yurii had been ill for a long time, underwent treatment in hospital and, unfortunately, died on 6 May while at home.
🕯️ Orest Romanina
A resident of the village of Shchyrets, Lviv district. The warrior defended Ukraine as part of the 103rd separate brigade of territorial defence named after Metropolitan Andriy Sheptytskyi (military unit A7031). He died on 4 May. He was 52 years old.
🕯️ Myroslav Nazarkevych
A resident of the village of Tadani, Kamianka-Buzka community. Myroslav came to the defence of Ukraine in March 2024. He served in the 44th separate artillery brigade named after Hetman Danylo Apostol. The soldier died on 1 May. He was 48 years old.
🕯️ Yuriy Nabit
A native of Oleshky, Kherson region. After the occupation of the Kherson region began, Yurii’s family was forced to hide from the collaborators, so in December 2022 they moved to Lviv. Subsequently, he voluntarily joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Yuriy Nabit joined the Marines to take part in the liberation of Kherson region. He served as a member of the 241st Oleshkivski Sands Combined Arms Training Area of the Marine Corps Command.
🕯️ Oleh Khoroshailo
Oleg was born in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region. In 2014, Oleg moved to Lviv with his family and started his career in real estate. After the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, he volunteered to defend his homeland in the ranks of the 7th Carpathian Border Guard Detachment. During the last period, he performed combat missions in the eastern direction of the front in the ranks of the 1st Donetsk Border Guard Detachment. The defender died on 22 April.
Eternal memory and honour to all the fallen Героям🕊️