In the village of Kavsko in the Stryi community, memorial plaques in honour of two fallen defenders of Ukraine – Yaroslav Solonynka and Roman Kupryk – were unveiled on the facade of the local gymnasium. Clergy, relatives, friends, teachers, pupils and residents of the village attended the unveiling ceremony.
Yaroslav Solonynka was a resident of Kavsko. At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he voluntarily took up arms to defend Ukraine. In 2023, the soldier was wounded during combat operations in the Zaporizhzhia sector, after which, as a result of a severe injury, he was certified as having a disability. The defender’s heart stopped on 25 November 2025; he was 52 years old.
Roman Kupryk was born in the village of Monastyrets in the Zhuravnenska community and lived in Stryi. He served as a rifleman-cook in the 3rd squad, 1st platoon of the rapid-response unit of the 2nd company of the battalion of a military unit of the operational-tactical formation – 1st Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine “Azov”. The serviceman was killed on 5 November 2025 near the settlement of Rodynske in Donetsk region; he was 41 years old.
For his bravery and devotion, Roman Kupryk was posthumously awarded the Order “For Courage” III Class. Participants in the event honoured the memory of both soldiers with a minute of silence and prayer.