Every day at 9 o’clock, we observe a minute of silence in memory of all those who died for Ukraine because of Russian aggression.
Today Lviv region says goodbye to five defenders
Ihor Tymkevych
A resident of the village of Smilne, Zolochiv district. He was a junior sergeant, a driver of a grenade launcher unit of a combat support platoon of a reconnaissance battalion of the military unit.
He died on 16 September 2024 during a combat mission near the village of Serebrianka, Donetsk region. He was 54 years old.
Vasyl Ashimberg
He was born in the village of Pishchany, Stryi community.
He was a soldier, a gunner of a mechanised platoon. He took part in the battles in Donetsk region. He died on 13 September 2024 from his injuries in Zaporizhzhia hospital. The warrior was 42 years old.
Ihor Lyzak
A resident of Novyi Rozdil.
He was a senior flamethrower of the flamethrower squad, a platoon of radiation, chemical and biological defence.
He died on 14 September 2024 at the Kharkiv Military Medical Clinical Centre. The warrior was 47 years old.
Ilya Rudnikovych
A resident of Lviv.
With the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, after interrupting his master’s studies, he voluntarily joined the 3rd separate assault brigade to defend the state. He performed combat missions in the eastern part of Ukraine.
Yevhen Smal
A native of Rubizhne, Luhansk region.
Sergeant. From the first months of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, he voluntarily defended the state against the occupiers. He performed combat missions as part of the 24th separate mechanised brigade named after King Danylo. Later he was transferred to the military unit A4925. Despite being seriously wounded, he dreamed of returning to the ranks.
Eternal memory to all the fallen defenders