In Lviv, at the corner of Zamarsynivska Street and Abraham Lincoln Street, in the space named in honour of Colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine Ivan Voronych, a commemorative stele will be installed. The corresponding decision was adopted by the executive committee of the Lviv City Council.
The memorial object will become part of an urban space intended to honour Ukrainian defenders. The stele will consist of two tall stone columns located on a paved path. One of the columns will bear a light metal plaque with a portrait of Ivan Voronych, his name, military rank and brief information about him, while the second column will remain without inscriptions.
According to Yevhen Boiko, Chief of Staff of the executive committee of the Lviv City Council, the installation of the stele is a continuation of the city’s strategy of honouring Heroes in public space, and the colonel’s family and his comrades-in-arms have supported this initiative.
Mykhailo Shevchenko, Head of the Environment Formation Department of the Department of Architecture and Spatial Development of the Lviv City Council, noted that the design of the stele was developed by specialists of this department, and the project also provides for landscaping of the surrounding area. According to him, the space was recently named after Ivan Voronych, and the stele will be made of stone with a metal information plaque.
The initiative to install the commemorative sign came from the public organisation “Kolo Chesti” (Circle of Honour). One of its leaders and co-founders, veteran Volodymyr Lazor, stressed the importance of commemorating Colonel Ivan Voronych for the Ukrainian special services and thanked everyone involved in the implementation of the project.
Ivan Voronych (19.07.1974 — 10.07.2025) was born in Uzhhorod. He studied at Secondary Comprehensive School No. 30 in Lviv, obtained a qualification in “Woodworking Technology” at the National Forestry University of Ukraine, and later graduated from the Lviv Regional Institute of Public Administration of the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine with a degree in “Public Administration”.
He began his service in the state security bodies in 1998. Until 2014, he worked in operational and managerial positions in the unit for the protection of national statehood and counter-terrorism of the SBU Office in Lviv Region. From 2014 he served in the counterintelligence and military counterintelligence units of the SBU, and from August 2024 in the SBU Centre for Special Operations.
Ivan Voronych was a combatant; in 2014–2017 he took part in the Anti-Terrorist Operation in eastern Ukraine. After the start of the full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation, he was directly involved in measures to ensure the defence of the state, the protection of the population and national interests.
According to his relatives, the colonel was a kind, religious and modest person, a devoted family man and loving father who devoted much of his time to his daughter and close relatives. His colleagues respected him for his professionalism, integrity and uncompromising attitude towards the enemy.
For his courage and selflessness in the line of duty, Ivan Voronych received a number of awards, including the Presidential distinction “For Participation in the Anti-Terrorist Operation”, the SBU medal “For Distinction in Service, 3rd Class”, the badges “ATO Participant”, “For Valour”, “For the Liberation of Donbas”, the departmental SBU distinction “Firearms” and the medal “Service Veteran”.
On 10 July 2025, the colonel was killed while carrying out tasks to counter the subversive and terrorist activities of the special services of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine. He was buried at Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv, in the Field of Honourable Burials of modern Heroes.