Every day at 9 o’clock, we observe a minute of silence in memory of all those who have died for Ukraine because of Russian aggression.
Today Lviv region says goodbye to its defenders
🕯️ Vasyl Tymofeev
A resident of the village of Berehy, Novokalynivka community. He was a soldier of the military unit A1778. The defender died on January 27, 2024 in the village of Pryiutne, Zaporizhzhia region. The funeral took place on February 1, 2024.
🕯️ Ivan Shuklin
He lived in Drohobych.
At the beginning of the full-scale war, he was abroad, but he returned home and joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in June 2022. He served in the 68th separate hunting brigade. For the conscientious performance of military duties, he received an honorary award from the command – the Cross of the Warrior Ranger, First Class. On January 28, he was killed while performing a combat mission in Luhansk region. He is survived by his mother, wife, two daughters and brothers.
🕯️ Denys Pylypko
A resident of the village of Potorytsia, Sokal community.
He was a soldier, senior driver of the military unit 3029. He was killed on January 24 as a result of an enemy UAV ammunition drop near the village of Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia region.
The Hero is survived by his mother, wife and sons.
🕯️ Volodymyr Zasadnyi
A resident of the village of Kulychkiv, Velykomostiv community. On January 11, 2024, while performing a combat mission east of the village of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region, he lost contact with the family and went missing.
On January 30, the body of the Hero was found.
The defender is survived by his wife and sister.
🕯️ Adam Suslynets
A resident of the village of Verkhnia Rozhanka, Slavske community. The defender served in the 68th separate hunting brigade. He died near the village of Novovodyane, Luhansk region.
🕯️ Viacheslav Voroniy
A resident of Brody, Zolochiv district. The warrior was the head of the training group of the training complex, a pilot of the “1st class”, a participant in combat operations and UN peacekeeping missions, a knight of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, III degree. From the first days of the full-scale invasion, he joined the ranks of helicopter pilots of the army aviation of the armed forces of the Ukrainian armed forces, where he repeatedly conducted combat missions to destroy the enemy and personally participated in the evacuation of the wounded from Azovstal in Mariupol.
On April 5, 2022, he and his crew went to rescue an Mi-8 helicopter, which was hit by enemy air defense and was returning with wounded defenders from the besieged Azovstal and was also hit by the enemy.
The defender is survived by his wife and two daughters.
🕯️ Mykhailo Chekh
A resident of the village of Mali Lanky in the Bibra community. He was a sapper scout of the 71st Ranger Brigade of the DSHV.
The soldier was reported missing since December 11, 2023. He died in the area of hostilities near the village of Avdiivka, Donetsk region.
Mykhailo is survived by his parents, wife and sister.
🕯️ Viktor Kirmarov
A native of Rybcha village, Ternopil region.
With the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, he actively helped the Ukrainian army. In August 2023, he joined the ranks of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. At first, he performed tasks as part of the 7th Carpathian Border Detachment, and later – the 3rd Border Detachment named after the Hero of Ukraine Colonel Yevhen Pikus of the Eastern Regional Directorate of the SBGSU. He was defending the state on the eastern front, where he was seriously wounded.
Viktor Kirmarov is survived by his wife, son, sister, nephews and godchildren.
Eternal glory to all Heroes!