Every day at 9 a.m., 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
Andriy Stupak
A resident of the village of Zabuzhzhia, Kamianka-Buzka community. He came to the defence of Ukraine from the beginning of the ATO/JFO. He died on 27 October during a combat mission near Novodmitrivka, Donetsk region. The soldier was 44 years old.
Volodymyr Froimchuk
A resident of the village of Zabolottsi, Zolochiv district. He joined the ranks of volunteers in November 2022. He defended Ukraine as part of the 14th separate mechanised brigade named after Prince Roman the Great. He was considered missing since 12 May 2023. He was performing combat missions near the village of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region. The defender was 33 years old.
Volodymyr Koliada
A resident of the village of Volytsia, Davydiv community. He was a rifleman of the assault specialised unit of the SHKVAL battalion. He was reported missing on 7 August 2024. He died near the village of Pereizne, Bakhmut district, Donetsk region. He was 36 years old.
Ivan Zhuk
A native of the village of Hvozdets, he lived in the village of Topilnytsia, Sambir district. From the first days of the full-scale invasion, he voluntarily joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He fought in the 24th separate mechanised brigade named after King Danylo. He was killed during a combat mission on 25 October near the village of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region.
Ihor Polevyi
He was born in the village of Dyula, Zakarpattia region, in a family of border guards.
Ihor Polevyi’s father performed combat missions in the anti-terrorist operation zone, so when he was 17, he enrolled in the SBGSU training centre to go to the front.
He served as a member of the Odesa Border Guard Detachment (Odesa Air Force) and later entered the Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. Later, Ihor Polevyi served in the Special Operations Department of the 1st Odesa Maritime Security Detachment.
He was promoted to lieutenant. With the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, he performed combat missions in the Kherson and Mykolaiv directions, and was transferred to the 15th Mobile Border Guard Detachment “Steel Border”. Here, he was appointed to the position of Head of the Border Guard Service’s Ground and Air Reconnaissance Department (Type C). He performed combat missions in the eastern direction. For his personal courage, he was awarded numerous decorations, including the medal “For Military Service to Ukraine”, the “Badge of Honour” of the Minister of Defence of Ukraine, departmental awards and personalised firearms.
Andrii Hrusha
Lviv resident.
With the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, he joined the ranks of the 10th separate mountain assault brigade “Edelweiss” of the operational command “West”. He was killed on 26 October.
Eternal memory to all the fallen defenders