On 5 September, the Chervonohrad and Sokal communities said goodbye to a medic, Maria Dykhtyar, with the call sign “Panther”.
In the morning in Chervonohrad in the Cathedral of St. Volodymyr Cathedral in Chervonohrad, clergy, colleagues, medics and residents of Chervonohrad said goodbye to a military woman, medic Maria Dykhtyar.
She was the captain of the medical service of the 63rd battalion of the 103rd separate brigade of the Territorial Defence Forces. She was one of the first women volunteers who dared to leave everything behind in civilian life and go to serve to save Ukraine’s defenders in Donbas.
The mournful cortege then travelled to Sokal, where the community also said goodbye in the Church of Ss. Peter and Paul Church, the community also said goodbye to the courageous female warrior.
On the way to her eternal rest, the defender was escorted on her knees
Maria Dykhtyar died on 02 September 2024 in the line of duty in the defence of her homeland… Marichka, Marusya, Volodymyrivna, with the call sign “Panther”
Maria Dykhtyar, a resident of Borok village and senior lieutenant of the medical service, was awarded the medal “For Saved Life”
According to people who worked and served with Maria, she saved soldiers’ lives where others refused to go:
“When others refused, Maria would crawl to the wounded and pull them out. In this way, she saved many lives.
She is one of the first women volunteers who dared to leave everything behind in civilian life and go to serve to save Ukraine’s defenders in Donbas. She was prompted to take this step by the death of her friend in the Debaltseve “cauldron”, who died because there was no medical professional nearby.
For three years, she served as the head of the medical service in the 25th separate motorised infantry battalion “Kyivan Rus”. On 2 October 2023, Maria Dykhtyar was awarded the Order “For Courage”, III class, by a Presidential Decree for personal courage in the defence of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, selfless performance of military duty. The award was presented personally by the President.
On 2 October, a resident of Borok village, Maria Volodymyrivna Dykhtyar, was awarded the Order “For Courage”, III class, by a Presidential Decree for personal courage in defending the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and selfless performance of military duty.
Back in 2015, Yuriy Tovaryansky, Ivan Farina, Yuriy Vyshnevsky and Pavel Matviyiv delivered aid to Artemivsk and Popasna.
When the volunteers were in Popasna, they could feel the real taste of war. First of all, they set to work to complete an unfinished dugout (pictured), and car mechanic Yuriy Vyshnevsky repaired a military excavator in a short time, for which the soldiers were very grateful.
At that time, artillery and mortar attacks on our positions continued, volunteers together with the military guarded the field military hospital, and our fellow countrywoman from the village of Borok, Marichka Dykhtyar, and her colleague Lilya, provided first aid to a wounded soldier in the morning after the battle.
In civilian life, Marichka worked as a doctor. In the first days of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Maria Dykhtyar went back to work as a military medic, and now she serves in the active combat zone, saving wounded heroes every day.
