Every day at 9 a.m. we observe a minute of silence in memory of all those who died for Ukraine due to Russian aggression
Today Lviv region says goodbye to five defenders
Roman Dyak
A native of the city of Stryi. Lieutenant, commander of the 1st reconnaissance platoon of the reconnaissance company of the 33rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For his courage and devotion to the defence of Ukraine, he was awarded the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine’s “For Wounding” decoration and the “Silver Cross” badge of honour of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The soldier died on 30 July 2024 near the village of Pobeda in Donetsk region. He was 37 years old.
Liubomyr Palii
A resident of the city of Stryi. Flamethrower of the 2nd division of the flamethrower platoon of the company of the military unit. He died on 1 November while performing a combat mission in the Kursk region. The defender was 51 years old.
Andrii Stepushyn
A resident of Lviv. He served in the ranks of the 355th Training Mechanised Regiment of the 184th Training Centre of the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Army Academy. He died on 1 November. He was 58 years old.
Dmytro Zaporozhets
A resident of Lviv. In 2014-2015, he performed combat missions in the anti-terrorist operation zone as part of the 80th separate air assault brigade. With the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, he again defended the state. He fought in the ranks of the 63rd separate mechanised brigade of the 11th Army Corps of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He died on 4 November. The soldier was 55 years old.
Valentyn Honcharuk
Born in the village of Rohizna, Khmelnytskyi region. After completing his military service in Crimea as a border guard, he moved to Lviv. With the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he stood up for the defence of Ukraine. He performed combat duties as a member of the 2nd separate Galician Brigade of the Western Operational and Territorial Association of the National Guard of Ukraine. He died on 3 November. He was 46 years old.
Eternal memory to all the heroes!