War, army

Today, Lviv Region says farewell to seven defenders

Every day at 9 o’clock – a nationwide minute of silence. Stop, wherever you are, and honor the blessed memory of all those who died for Ukraine because of Russian aggression.

🕯️ Ihor Popil

🕯️ Ігор Попіль
🕯️ Ihor Popil

A resident of the village of Shandrovets in the Borynia community. He held the position of head of a group and vehicle commander of a road machinery group in the traffic support platoon of the obstacle-clearing company of the support battalion of military unit A4010. He was killed on May 4 near the settlement of Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk district, Donetsk region. He was 43 years old.

🕯 Volodymyr Mytsak

🕯 Володимир Мицак
🕯 Volodymyr Mytsak

A native of the village of Rudkivtsi in the Khodoriv community. He served in an anti-aircraft missile platoon. He was killed on August 21, 2025, near the city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region. He was 33 years old.

🕯️ Andriy Vashchuk

🕯️ Андрій Ващук
🕯️ Andriy Vashchuk

A resident of Lviv. In 2024, he joined the defense of the Motherland as part of the 40th Separate Marine Brigade of the Naval Forces. He was killed on May 4. The warrior was 49 years old.

🕯️ Oleksii Hubskyi

🕯️ Олексій Губський
🕯️ Oleksii Hubskyi

A resident of Lviv. He was a participant in the ATO and the Joint Forces Operation as part of the 80th Separate Air Assault Galician Brigade. From the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he joined the ranks of the 103rd Separate Territorial Defense Brigade named after Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky. He was awarded numerous honors. He was killed on May 8. The defender was 49 years old.

🕯️ Yuriy Havelko

🕯️ Юрій Гавелко
🕯️ Yuriy Havelko

A resident of Lviv. He held significant sporting titles in archery, including: : silver and bronze medalist at the World Championship (2004); European champion (2011); bronze medalist at the World Championship (2012); silver and bronze medalist at the European Grand Prix (2012, 2018); silver medalist at the European Championship (2019). Since 2019, he had been serving under contract as an athlete-intern of the sports platoon of the sports company at the Training and Sports Base for Summer Sports of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. He died on May 8. He was 37 years old.

🕯️ Volodymyr Dubnevych

🕯️ Володимир Дубневич
🕯️ Volodymyr Dubnevych

He lived in the village of Zubra in the Solonka community. He served as an unmanned aerial vehicle operator. He died on May 5 while on duty in Dnipropetrovsk region. He was 36 years old.

🕯️Volodymyr Popel

🕯️Володимир Попель
🕯️Volodymyr Popel

He lived in Boryslav. From the first days of the full-scale invasion, he took up the defense of Ukraine against the Russian occupiers. He served in the 3rd Mechanized Battalion of the 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade. He died on May 9 at home while undergoing treatment after a serious injury. He was 57 years old.

Eternal honor and memory to all the fallen Heroes!🕊️