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.
🕯️ Yuriy Saenko
A resident of Sheptytsky. He served in the territorial defence battalion of military unit A7031 as a driver-paramedic at a medical station. He was killed on 24 July while evacuating wounded comrades near the village of Oleksiivka in the Sumy region.
🕯️ Pavlo Ryzhko
A native of the village of Nahachiv, Yavoriv community. He worked abroad, but with the start of the full-scale invasion, he returned to his homeland without hesitation and voluntarily joined the defence of Ukraine. He served in the Main Intelligence Directorate and took part in combat operations in the Zaporizhzhia direction. Unfortunately, he was killed in a road accident.
🕯️ Ivan Arestov
He was born in the Henichesk district of the Kherson region. He participated in the Joint Forces Operation as part of military unit A0989.
With the start of the full-scale invasion by Russian occupiers, he stood up to defend his homeland. He defended the country in the Donetsk region as part of the 56th Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade in Mariupol. He died on 24 January 2024.
🕯️ Alexander Teplov
A resident of Lviv.
In 2024, he joined the defence of the country. He carried out combat missions in the Donetsk and South Slobozhanskyi directions in the ranks of the 42nd Separate Mechanised Brigade. He was awarded the “War Veteran” breastplate.
🕯️ Vitaliy Stolbovskiy
He was born in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast. In 2014, he was captured and tortured for his pro-Ukrainian stance. In 2024, he joined the defence of his country. He carried out combat missions in the Donetsk region as part of the 503rd Separate Marine Battalion. He was awarded the “War Veteran” medal.
🕯️ Igor Klimovich
He was born in the village of Hrabovets, Hrabovets-Dulibivska community. He was the first Ukrainian member of the international association of experimental archaeology EXARC. In 2021, he won the audience award in the Traveller-Photographer of the Year competition, and this year he presented the exhibition Man and War.
Participant in the Revolution of Dignity. From 2022, he served in the 3rd Special Forces Brigade, where he developed methods of moral and psychological support, gave lectures and evacuated cultural heritage. In particular, he saved a 900-year-old Polovtsian woman from Donetsk Oblast. In February 2025, he was promoted to junior lieutenant. He died on 30 July 2025 in the Kharkiv region. The defender will be buried in Kyiv.
🕯️ Yevgen Koldayev
With the start of the full-scale invasion, he voluntarily joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was a paramedic, first in the 21st, and shortly before his death, in the 53rd separate mechanised brigade. He was killed on 27 December 2023 near the village of Vodyane in the Donetsk region.
🕯️ Yuriy Kozenko
A resident of the village of Pidhorodne, Zolochiv district. He stood up to defend Ukraine in 2022. He served in the 10th separate mountain assault brigade “Edelweiss”, and later in the 24th separate mechanised brigade named after King Danylo. He fought in heavy battles and survived five wounds.
The Defender’s heart stopped beating on 7 August 2025. He was 36 years old.
🕯️ Volodymyr Livytskyi
He was born in the village of Pochayevychi, Drohobych community. He joined the defence of the country in 2015. In May 2023, he once again stood up to defend his country. He served in the ranks of the National Guard of Ukraine. He was a rifleman in the 1st section of the 5th rifle platoon. Unfortunately, while undergoing treatment on 5 August, the defender passed away.
Eternal honour and glory to all fallen soldiers.
Condolences to the family😢