The sad news came to the Sokal region.
Hero Panasiuk Bohdan Hryhorovych, a resident of Sokal, died as a result of an illness while performing military service. The news was reported by the Sokal City Council.
Bohdan Panasiuk was born on 29 April 1968 in the village of Steniatyn in a large family of Olha and Hryhoriy Panasiuk. Until 1983, he studied at Steniatyn Secondary School, then continued his studies at Chervonohrad Vocational School-55, specialising in mechanical assembly, graduating in 1986. After graduation, from August 1986 until he was drafted into the army, he worked as a welder at Chervonohrad RMZ. After returning from military service, he worked at various jobs: Radekhiv Sugar Plant, Mine No. 10, Sokal Chemical Fibre Plant, and construction sites in Ukraine and abroad.
From September 2019 to the present, he had the military service under contract, first in the Donetsk region in the military speciality of the commander of “Grad”, mortar commander in the rank of senior sergeant of the 24th separate mechanised brigade of the military unit A0998. Between 01.05.2020 and 13.12.2023, the participant of hostilities took part in the activities necessary to ensure the defence of Ukraine in connection with the military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine in the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
As a result of artillery shelling, he received a shrapnel wound to the leg and concussion from the action of a mine blast wave, which partially lost his hearing.
After surgery and rehabilitation, he was sent to continue his service in the communications company of the military unit A2122 in Lviv, and continued his service in the military unit as an instructor at A7019.
Bohdan Panasiuk is survived by his wife Liudmyla, daughter Anastasiia, son Vitalii, daughter-in-law Halyna, grandson Marko, two sisters and a brother.
We express our sincere condolences on the irreparable loss. May we rest in peace!
The arrival of the motorcade with Bohdan Panasyuk’s body, the time of the meeting and the rite of burial will be announced later.