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 eight defenders
🕯️ Volodymyr Kniaz
A resident of the village of Kholodnovidka in the Zymnovodivka community. He went to the front as a volunteer and defended Ukraine as part of the 420th separate rifle battalion.
He died of injuries on 17 July 2024 in a hospital in Uzhhorod at the age of 50.
🕯️ Andriy Vilchynskyi
A native of the village of Zadvirya, Zolochiv district. The warrior was the junior sergeant of the military unit A 0284, he fought in the 80th separate airborne assault Galician brigade. He was called up for military service on 24 February 2022. Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi awarded him the honorary badge “Steel Cross”.
He died on 20 July 2024 in Barvinkove, Izium district, Kharkiv region. He was 29 years old.
🕯️ Oleksandr Prytyka
Born in Bobrovytsia district, Chernihiv region. Later, the family moved to Lviv.
With the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he performed combat missions in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions as part of a mortar platoon of the 125th separate territorial defence brigade.
🕯️ Vasyl Lapychak
A resident of Lviv.
During 2014-2016, he performed combat missions in the anti-terrorist operation area. After serving at the Main Training Centre of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine named after Major General Ihor Momot, he joined the units of the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In 2020, he defended the state in the ranks of the 14th separate mechanised brigade named after Prince Roman the Great.
With the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, he returned to the front. He served in the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions as part of the 1st Donetsk Border Guard Detachment.
🕯️ Oleh Zaitsev
A resident of Lviv.
With the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he defended the country in the ranks of the 24th separate mechanised brigade named after King Danylo. While performing combat missions, he was seriously wounded twice, underwent intensive treatment and returned to the front.
🕯️ Stepan Kapustynskyi
A resident of the village of Lopushnytsia, Khyriv community, Sambir district.
He served in the Donetsk region. He died near the village of Karlivka, Donetsk region.
🕯️ Yaroslav Lychko
A resident of the town of Velyki Mosty, Chervonohrad district. He was called up for military service on 19 May, 2024, served as a shooter-assistant to the grenade launcher of the 4th airmobile division of the military unit A0224.
He died on 19 July, 2024 near the village Paraskoviyivka, Pokrovsky district, Donetsk region.
🕯️Віктор Zaika
A soldier of the Stryi Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. From the first days of the full-scale invasion, he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He took part in hostilities in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. On 15 July 2023, he was discharged due to a serious cancer diagnosis. He fought the disease for a year but did not overcome it. He died on 22 July 2024. At the age of 49.
Eternal memory to all the fallen defenders of Ukraine