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
🕯️Павло Vereshchak
A resident of Sheptytske. He was a grenade launcher of the rifle division in the 63rd separate battalion of territorial defence. He died on 11 April in the Sumy region. He was 39 years old.
🕯️ Bohdan Hyrych
Originally from Tukhla, Slavske community.
He was a rifleman in the 118th separate mechanised brigade. He had been missing for more than six months. He died on 23 July 2024 near the village of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region. The soldier was 51 years old.
🕯️ Mykhailo Rypiak
A native of the village of Dobrivliany, Stryi community. He joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 1 May 2024. He performed combat missions in the Donetsk region. He was a rifleman of an airborne assault unit. He was considered missing. He died on 15 July 2024. The soldier was 28 years old.
🕯️ Yevhen Shapovalov
Yevhen was born in Kazakhstan. After the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, Yevhen’s family moved to Lviv. The warrior performed combat missions in the eastern direction of the front in the ranks of the 1st Donetsk border guard detachment. He died on 23 March 2022. He was 48 years old.
🕯️ Volodymyr Rozumnyi
Volodymyr was born in Drohobych. He served in the ranks of the 76th separate regiment of communications and radio engineering named after Viacheslav Chornovil. Later, he served in the Western Air Command. After the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, he performed combat missions in the Donetsk sector of the frontline. During the last period, he was a member of the military unit A0306. He was awarded the “Badge of Honour” of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine and the honorary badge of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Cross of Military Honour”. He died on 14 April. The soldier was 42 years old.
🕯️ Oleksandr Diachyshyn
A resident of the village of Nahirne, Raliv community. He was an operator of the unmanned aerial vehicle unit of the military unit A4395. He died on 12 March near the village of Sinelnykove, Chuhuiv district, Kharkiv region. He was 26 years old.
Eternal memory to all the fallen Heroes! 🙏🏻