The award was given to the Defender during his lifetime, but the fighter did not have time to receive it during his lifetime.
Mykola Ninadovsky from Boryslav with the call sign “Banderchyk” was awarded the state award – the Order “For Courage” of the 3rd degree during his lifetime. In March 2023, the President of Ukraine signed a decree awarding senior soldier Mykola Yevhenovich Ninadovsky this state award for personal
courage and self-sacrifice shown in the defense of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, loyalty to the military oath.
However, the Defender did not have time to receive his award. On June 20, 2023, Mykola Ninadovskyi, a real fighter from the Zahysniki family, died near the settlement of Serebryanka, Bakhmut district, Donetsk region.
Today, October 4, at the Drohobytsky District Military Administration, during a meeting with the heads of territorial communities, the leadership of the executive bodies of state power, military and law enforcement agencies, the head of the Drohobytsk RVA, Stepan Kulinyak, together with the deputy head of the Drohobytsk RTCC and SP Volodymyr Kotsyuba, presented the honorary award to the Defender of Mykola Ninadovskyi to his brother Henrikh, who also fought for Ukraine on the battlefield together with him as a soldier.
“It is very painful to look into the eyes and find the right words for the relatives of those who died. Therefore, it is better to take action that will help them.
There is a petition on the President’s website regarding awarding Mykola Ninadovsky the title “Hero of Ukraine”. So far, 23,000 of the 25,000 required votes have already been collected. We still have 16 days to get the required 2,000 votes.
In memory of our Defender and his sacrificial service to Ukraine, let’s sign this petition, distribute it among relatives and friends, because it is the least we can do for them. All Ukrainian Defenders are worthy of the highest awards and words of thanks,” said Stepan Kulinyak, head of the Drogobytsk RVA.
Mykola Ninadovsky was a member of the ATO in 2015-2016. And when a full-scale war began, in the first days he immediately returned from abroad to protect his native land from the enemy.
A serviceman of the 67th mechanized brigade, which was created on the basis of the Ukrainian volunteer corps “Right Sector”.
In August 2022, the soldier was wounded by shrapnel in the village of Sands in Donetsk region. After undergoing treatment, he again returned to the front to his comrades. He took part in battles in Kreminna, Luhansk region, where he was wounded again, and in Bakhmut. On June 20, 2023, near the village of Serebryanka, Bakhmut district, Donetsk region, Mykola Ninadovsky died.