Every day at 9 a.m., there is a nationwide minute of silence. Stop wherever you are and honour the memory of all those who died for Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression.
🕯️ Taras Petilo
A resident of the village of Luki in the Rudkivska community. He served in the ranks of the 33rd Separate Mechanised Brigade. He was considered missing in action for a long time. He died on 9 September while performing a combat mission near the village of Toretsk in the Pokrovsk direction of the Donetsk region. He was 50 years old.
🕯️ Mykola Bezyk
A native of Drohobych. In March 2022, Mykola volunteered to defend his country and joined the ranks of the 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade. After suffering several concussions, Mykola continued to serve in Lviv. He died on 15 December during a visit home. He was 49 years old.
🕯️ Yevgen Tizhay
A native of Lviv. In 2023, he stood up to defend his homeland. He served in the 7th Carpathian Border Guard Detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. He died on 10 May 2024. The defender was 44 years old.
🕯️ Oleksandr Kovalenko
A native of the village of Frontivka in the Vinnytsia region. In 2023, he joined the 132nd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the Airborne Assault Forces to defend his homeland. He died on 19 May 2024. The soldier was 30 years old.
🕯️ Volodymyr Staretskyi
A resident of the village of Davydiv. From the first days of the full-scale invasion, he went to defend the country from the Russian aggressor. He served in the First Galician-Volyn Radio Technical Brigade. He died on 15 December as a result of a serious illness. The soldier was 43 years old.
Eternal respect and fond remembrance to all fallen heroes!🙏🏻