In Lviv region, farewell ceremonies will be held for three deceased soldiers.
October 24 in Lviv region, farewell ceremonies will be held for three Ukrainian defenders who died during combat operations. Among them are Volodymyr Balanda, Bohdan Struk, and Yuriy Chorniak.
Ceremonies of farewell to three soldiers who died while defending Ukraine from Russian aggression will take place in the Lviv region on October 24.
Volodymyr Balanda, 26 years old, served as a master in the 2th platoon of unmanned aerial vehicle complexes of battalion of unmanned systems of military unit A0998. He died on October 17 near Kurtovka, in the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk region.
Bogdan Struc, 48 years old, was a native of the village of Konukhov, in the Stryi district. He served as a разведчик (scout) in the 1th mechanized battalion of the 142th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The defender was considered missing for a long time, and he died on November 17 2025 near Rivnopille, in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Yuriy Chorniak, 40 years old, a resident of the village of Kolodrubi in the Stryi district, was also considered missing for a long time. He died on January 25 while carrying out a combat mission near Pokrovsk, in the Donetsk region.