Today, on 14 November, residents of the Sokal community, on their knees with tears and pain, met the motorcade with the body of the fallen Hero, defender of Ukraine, resident of the village of Potoritsa, defender Stepan Ryboichuk.
Sadness and despair have once again gripped our community, as the ruthless war continues to claim our defenders. Nothing can alleviate the pain of family and friends from the loss.
The sad news was reported by Yuriy Korin:
Ryboichuk Stepan Volodymyrovych, born on 27.01.1970, a resident of the village of Potorytsia, a soldier of the anti-aircraft missile platoon of the 3rd mechanised battalion of the A4546 military unit, died on 08.11.2024 as a result of a KAB air strike near the village of Alexandria, Kursk region, Russia, during a combat mission.
Residents of Sokal, fellow villagers and guests of the city met the body of the fallen Hero on their knees and paid their last respects to the Ukrainian defender.
The funeral cortege with the body of the fallen soldier stopped at the Church of Saints Peter and Paul for the community to pay their last respects to the Hero.
The cortege then proceeded to the Hero’s native village of Potorytsia, where a parastasis and burial ceremony will take place. The Hero will find his eternal rest in the local cemetery.