On Monday, January 8, Lviv will say goodbye to servicemen Oleksandr Suknevych, who died defending Ukraine from the invaders. 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.
The servicemen’s funeral will begin at 11:00 a.m. in the Garrison Church of Sts. App. Peter and Paul, and at 11:30 a city farewell ceremony will take place on Rynok Square. The soldiers will be buried at the Lychakiv cemetery.
Biographical certificate of the defender
Oleksandr Suknevych (July 28, 1998-January 2, 2024) from Lviv.
Studied at Secondary comprehensive school #72. He was educated at Ivan Boberskyi Lviv State University of Physical Culture. After completing his studies, he served in the military in Yavorov and Rivne, but was later discharged due to his health.
After returning, he worked as a sales representative in Lviv. He was fond of cars. Oleksandr Suknevych was exceptionally cheerful and delicate, always smiling. According to his relatives, “everything positive that can be in a person was collected in him, everyone loved him.”
With the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, he joined the ranks of the 42nd separate mechanized brigade of the operational command “West” of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to defend the Motherland from the Russian invaders. Performed combat missions in the eastern direction.
Oleksandr Suknevych is survived by his grandparents, parents, two brothers, an aunt, a cousin and a nephew.