War, army

Today, Lviv region bids farewell to nine defenders

A nationwide minute of silence is held daily at 9 a.m. Stop wherever you are and honor the bright memory of all those who died for Ukraine because of Russian aggression.

🕯️ Vasyl Levandovskyi

Василь Левандовський
Vasyl Levandovskyi

Originally from the village of Banyunyn in the Novyi Yarychiv community. He served in military unit 3002 of the National Guard of Ukraine. For a long time, he was considered missing in action. He was killed on July 3, 2025, while carrying out a combat mission near the settlement of Myrne in Donetsk region.

🕯️ Andrii Midzianovskyi

🕯️ Андрій Мідзяновський
🕯️ Andrii Midzianovskyi

A native of the city of Almaty (Kazakhstan).

He served in the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, holding officer and managerial positions in border control units and command bodies. He was a participant in the Anti-Terrorist Operation and the Joint Forces Operation.

Since the start of the full-scale invasion, he carried out combat missions in the Luhansk, Donetsk, North Slobozhanskyi, and South Slobozhanskyi directions as part of the 11th Border Detachment “Forpost.”

He was awarded the distinction of the President of Ukraine “For Participation in the Anti-Terrorist Operation,” as well as the medals of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine “15 Years of Conscientious Service” and “20 Years of Conscientious Service.”

🕯️ Yevhen Babii

🕯️ Євген Бабій
🕯️ Yevhen Babii

A native of the village of Ustia in Lviv region.

He completed compulsory military service.

In 2025, he joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He carried out combat missions as part of the 144th Separate Mechanized Brigade. The defender passed away on April 4.

🕯️ Volodymyr Marynets

🕯️ Володимир Маринець
🕯️ Volodymyr Marynets

A resident of the village of Korchyn in the Skole community. He was an operator-pilot in the radiation, chemical, and biological protection unit. The defender’s heart stopped on April 7 during treatment.

🕯️ Rostyslav Holovko

🕯️ Ростислав Головко
🕯️ Rostyslav Holovko

Originally from the village of Suliatychi in the Zhuravne community. He served as a second-category border guard service inspector — gunner-operator of the “Shkval” rapid response commandant’s office. He was killed on January 21 while carrying out a combat mission near the settlement of Dvorichanske in Kharkiv region. He was 26 years old.

🕯️ Ihor Hnydyn

🕯️ Ігор Гнидин
🕯️ Ihor Hnydyn

He was born in the village of Podorozhnie in the Stryi community. He was killed on April 2 while carrying out a combat mission near the settlement of Volfyne in Sumy region. The defender was 55 years old.

🕯️ Andrii Kuzmyn

🕯️ Андрій Кузьмин
🕯️ Andrii Kuzmyn

Originally from the village of Novyi Kropyvnyk in the Skhidnytsia community, junior sergeant.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion, he joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He carried out combat missions as part of the 80th Separate Air Assault Galician Brigade. He defended Ukraine in the Kherson, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Kursk, and Sumy directions.

🕯️ Roman Maksymiv

🕯️ Роман Максимів
🕯️ Roman Maksymiv

Originally from Truskavets in Drohobych district.

He joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in March 2025 and served in military unit A0989 as a driver in the logistics platoon of a self-propelled artillery battalion. He was killed near the settlement of Lozova in Kharkiv region after sustaining a gunshot wound to the chest.

🕯️Andrii Hvozdetskyi

🕯️Андрій Гвоздецький
🕯️Andrii Hvozdetskyi

Originally from the village of Opaka in the Skhidnytsia community of Drohobych district. At the beginning of 2025, he joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

He served as a rifleman-sniper in the mountain assault platoon of the mountain assault company of the mountain assault battalion of the 128th Separate Transcarpathian Mountain Assault Brigade.

He was killed on March 28 while carrying out a combat mission near the settlement of Mali Shcherbaky in Vasylivka district, Zaporizhzhia region.

Eternal and bright memory to the Heroes😢 Condolences to their families and loved ones 🕊️