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 seven defenders:
🕯️ Yaroslav Palivoda
A resident of the village of Pynyany, Novokalynivska community. He was the senior gunner of the mortar calculation of the military unit A4395. He died near Vovchansk, Kharkiv region.
🕯️ Yaroslav Rakhimov
A resident of the village of Hrymalivka, Zolochiv district. He was a soldier, an inspector of the Border Guard Service of the 2nd category – the Shkval rapid response border commandant’s office.
He died on 12 May 2024 in the Kharkiv sector. He was 29 years old.
🕯️ Alexander Bonis
He was born in Italy. He has been in the Donetsk region since October 2021. Since then, and since the full-scale invasion of the enemy, Oleksandr has been at the forefront of the frontline. Later, he was transferred to the 68th Ranger Brigade. He was an artillery fire adjustment operator. On 13 May 2024, he was wounded and was treated at Mechnikov Hospital in Dnipro. He died on 20 May 2024.
🕯️ Volodymyr Mykhailiuk “Udav”
Originally from the village of Lotatnyky
Stryi community. Senior soldier, machine gunner of the mechanised division of the military unit A7014. He came to the defence of the Motherland on 4 April 2022. He died near the village of Nevske, Svatove district, Luhansk region.
🕯️ Yuriy Zayats
Lviv resident.
From the first days of the full-scale invasion, he voluntarily joined the 111th separate territorial defence brigade. He defended Ukraine in the Donetsk region.
🕯️ Stepan Matviyiv
A native of the village of Liubyn, Lviv region. With the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, he joined the ranks of the 72nd Separate Mechanised Brigade named after the Black Cossacks to defend his homeland.
🕯️Ігор Koziy
He was born in the village of Borshchovychi, Novoyarichivska community. He was a junior sergeant. The soldier died on 18 May 2024 as a result of a mortar attack near the village of Novooleksandrivka, Donetsk region. He was 36 years old.
Eternal memory to all the fallen defenders!!!!