On Thursday, November 23, Lviv will say goodbye to serviceman Yaroslav Mykoliev, who died at the hands of the Russian occupiers while defending Ukraine.
The City Hall calls on Lviv residents and guests to join the city’s farewell ceremony and to refrain from entertainment events and celebrations during this time.
At 09:00 in the Lviv National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet named after Solomiya Krushelnytska, a farewell to the soldier will be held. The funeral service will begin at 11:00 a.m. in the Garrison Church of Sts. App. Peter and Paul, at 11:30 a city farewell ceremony will take place on Rynok Square. A serviceman will be buried at the Lychakiv cemetery.
Biographical certificate of the defender
Yaroslav Mykolov (03/08/1983-11/14/2023) Born in the village of Vilne, Kherson Region.
He received his secondary education at a school in the city of Chervonohrad, Lviv region. Subsequently, he entered the Lviv Polygraphic College of the Ukrainian Academy of Printing (then a technical school), where in 2003 he obtained the profession of “mechanic mechanic of specialized printing equipment”. Immediately after completing his studies, he did military service.
In 2006, he started working as a freight forwarder at the Lviv National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet named after Solomia Krushelnytska. He adored his work and the team in which he worked.
With the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, he stood up to protect the Motherland from the Russian invaders. After completing the training, he defended the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the state as part of the 114th tactical aviation brigade of the “West” Air Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Performed combat missions in the southern direction.
Yaroslav Mykoliev is survived by his wife, two children, a brother and sisters.