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Today, Lviv region bids farewell to six defenders

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.

🕯️ Petro Godilo

🕯️ Петро Годило
🕯️ Petro Godilo

A resident of Drohobych.

At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he voluntarily joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and spent about a year on the front lines.

This year, he was mobilised once again. In May 2025, he returned to defend his homeland. He was a machine gunner in the 1st infantry section of the 2nd infantry platoon of the 2nd infantry company of the infantry battalion of military unit A7400.

The soldier died on 24 November while performing a combat mission near the village of Hulyaypole in the Zaporizhzhia region.

🕯️Oleg Yankovsky

🕯️Олег Янковський
🕯️Oleg Yankovsky

A native of Sambir. He was a master of the unmanned aerial vehicle and aviation complex crew of the unmanned aerial vehicle battalion of the 20th separate brigade of unmanned systems “K-2”.

He carried out combat missions in Donetsk Oblast. Unfortunately, on 29 November, he was killed near the village of Pryshyb in Donetsk Oblast. The soldier was fatally wounded by an enemy FPV drone.

🕯️ Ivan Kuryliak

🕯️ Іван Куриляк
🕯️ Ivan Kuryliak

Originally from Sambor.

The soldier died on 30 November near the village of Uspenivka in the Huliaipole urban community of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

🕯️ Stepan Melnytskyi

🕯️ Степан Мельницький
🕯️ Stepan Melnytskyi

A resident of the village of Chernytsia in the Rozvadiv community of the Stryi district. He defended Ukraine from April 2024. Unfortunately, on 5 December, the Defender’s heart stopped beating in a hospital in the Rivne region. The soldier was 54 years old.

🕯️ Petro Toporin

🕯️ Петро Топорін
🕯️ Petro Toporin

A resident of Lviv.

In 2023, he stood up to defend his homeland from the invasion of Russian occupiers. He defended the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine in the Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions as part of the 5th Separate Kyiv Assault Brigade. Sadly, he died on 17 November.

🕯️ Volodymyr Mozil

🕯️ Володимир Мозіль
🕯️ Volodymyr Mozil

A resident of the village of Grimne, Komarno community. He served in military unit A0284. He died on 7 January 2025 while performing a combat mission near the village of Mala Loknya, Sudzha district, Kursk region, Russian Federation.

Eternal honour and glory to all fallen soldiers.

Condolences to the family😢