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 six defenders
Maksym Dudynets
Originally from the village of Verchany, Stryi community. He studied at the Mukachevo Military Lyceum and the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Army Academy in Lviv. After graduating in June this year, he was sent to the combat zone. He was a lieutenant of the 31st separate mechanised brigade. He died on 15 September 2024 in Zaporizhzhia region. The warrior was 21 years old.
Volodymyr Pugolovko
A resident of Lviv.
He studied at the Lviv Lyceum with enhanced military and physical training named after the Heroes of Kruty. After graduating from the lyceum, he entered the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Army Academy, Faculty of Combat Use of Forces.
With the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, he defended the state against the occupiers. From 2024, he performed combat missions as part of a unit of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. He fought against the occupiers in the Kharkiv region.
Yurii Shumalo
A resident of Lviv.
With the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, he joined the ranks of the 5th Tank Brigade of the Reserve Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to defend the state.
Viktor Hrondashevskyi
A resident of Lviv.
With the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, he stood up to defend the state from the occupiers. He defended the territorial integrity and independence of the state in the ranks of the 68th separate hunting brigade named after Oleksa Dovbush.
Yurii Cheliapin
A resident of Lviv.
With the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, he stood up to defend the state from the invaders. He defended the sovereignty and independence of his homeland in Donetsk and Kharkiv regions as part of the 111th separate territorial defence brigade.
Vasyl Ivanets
A resident of the village of Mervychi, Kulykivka community. During the full-scale war, he served in the military unit A4056. The soldier had been missing since April 2024. The day before, his death was confirmed during a combat mission near Semenivka, Donetsk region. He was 46 years old.
May he rest in peace!
Eternal memory to all the fallen defenders!!!!