Every day at 9 a.m., a nationwide minute of silence is observed. Stop wherever you are and honor the cherished memory of all those who died for Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression.
🕯️ Mykhailo Shvets
He lived in the village of Silets in the Sheptytskyi community. He served as a rifleman in a rifle platoon squad of Military Unit 3002. He had been considered missing for more than a year. He was killed on June 11, 2025, near the village of Yelyzavetivka in the Donetsk region. He was 35 years old.
🕯️ Petro Vykhryst
A resident of the city of Brody in the Zolochiv district. At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he volunteered to defend Ukraine. From March 1, 2022, he served in the 103rd Separate Territorial Defense Brigade named after Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and was the commander of a rifle platoon.
He was killed on August 16, 2025, near the settlement of Bezsalivka in the Sumy region. The defender was 32 years old.
🕯️ Andrii Okhotskyi
A resident of the village of Vuzlove in the Radekhiv community. The defender had been considered missing. He was killed on January 9, 2024, in the Zaporizhzhia region. He was 28 years old.
🕯️Oleksandr Bairamov
Originally from Stryi. He was a machine gunner in the 2nd assault squad of the 1st assault company of a military unit. He had been considered missing for a long time. He was killed on January 10, 2025, during combat operations in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. He was 45 years old.
🕯️Marian Koretskyi
He lived in Mykolaiv in the Stryi district. He was a rifleman in the 2nd Rifle Battalion of Military Unit 3002. He had been considered missing for a long time. He was killed on June 15, 2025, while carrying out a combat mission near the settlement of Malynivka in the Donetsk region. The defender was 39 years old.
🕯️ Ihor Babiak
A resident of the settlement of Rozdil in the Novyi Rozdil community. He had been considered missing for a long time. He was killed on April 13, 2024, while carrying out a combat mission near Novokalynove in the Donetsk region. He was 45 years old.
🕯️Yevstakhii Vorobets
A native of the village of Zabolotivtsi in the Zhydachiv community. He served as a rifleman and assistant grenade launcher operator in a mechanized company of the 214th Separate Assault Battalion OPFOR (214th Separate Assault Battalion). He was killed on September 15, 2024, while carrying out defensive missions near the settlement of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region. The defender was 35 years old.
🕯️ Ihor Homza
He lived in the village of Voiutychi in the Biskovychi community. He served as a senior rifleman-operator in the 2nd rifle squad of the 3rd rifle platoon of the 1st rifle company of Military Unit A4046. He was killed on January 6, 2025, near the settlement of Pohrebky in the Sudzha district of the Kursk region, Russian Federation. The soldier was 47 years old.
🕯️ Ivan Klym
A resident of the village of Strilkovychi in the Sambir community. He served as a police corporal and officer in Platoon No. 1 of Company No. 2 of the KORD Special Purpose Police Battalion (rifle unit) of the National Police of Ukraine. He had been considered missing since May 19, 2026, while carrying out a combat mission near the settlement of Kostiantynivka in the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk region. Sadly, he was killed while carrying out the mission. The defender was 24 years old.
🕯️ Andrii Soroka
A resident of Lviv. In 2025, he joined the defense of his homeland against the invasion by Russian forces. He defended the country as part of the 125th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade. He was awarded the “Veteran of War” medal. He was killed on June 27. The soldier was 46 years old.
🕯️ Artem Odarych
A resident of Lviv. At the beginning of the full-scale invasion by Russian forces, he joined the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after General-Corporal Marko Bezruchko to defend his homeland. He was killed on July 14, 2024. He was 35 years old.
🕯️ Vasyl Yaremchuk
A resident of Lviv. At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he joined the 125th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade to defend the country. He was awarded the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense distinction—the “For Wounds” medal, the honorary distinction of the commander of Military Unit A7393, and the “Veteran of War” medal. He was killed on June 27. The soldier was 37 years old.
🕯️ Mykhailo Rak
He was born in the village of Volia-Dobrostanska in the Yavoriv district. In April 2023, he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade. He went missing on September 2, 2024, while carrying out a combat mission near the settlement of Nevske in the Luhansk region. His death was confirmed in June 2026.
🕯️ Yevhen Nazarov
A resident of Drohobych. He joined the ranks of Ukraine’s defenders on March 29, 2025. He served as a rifleman and assistant grenade launcher operator in the airborne battalion of Military Unit A1126. He was killed on June 15, 2025, near the settlement of Poltavka in the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk region. He had been considered missing since then. The defender was 40 years old.
Deepest respect to the Heroes!