“President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on the title of Hero of Ukraine posthumously Andriy Parubiy, as well as Gennady Afanasyev, Stepan Chubenko and Vladimir Vakulenko. According to the Head of State in his Telegram channel, these people were defenders of the idea of Ukraine and its independence. “Their lives were different, and they came from different parts of our country – Lviv, Crimea, Donetsk region, Kharkiv region. But everyone”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on the title of Hero of Ukraine posthumously Andriy Parubiaas well as Gennady Afanasiev, Stepan Chubenko and Vladimir Vakulenko.
According to the Head of State in his Telegram channel, these people were defenders of the idea of Ukraine and its independence.
“Their lives were different, and they came from different parts of our country – Lviv, Crimea, Donetsk region, Kharkiv region. But each of them is now the embodiment of such Ukraine that has managed to show character and stand against raxes, ”Volodymyr Zelenskyy added.
Earlier, the deputies of the Lviv Regional Council appealed to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to posthumously award the title of Hero of Ukraine Scientific and Policy Irina Farion and the former Verkhovna Rada Chairman Andriy Parubiy.
Writer Vladimir Vakulenko was killed During the Russian occupation of the Izium district of Kharkiv region. For a long time he was considered missing, but at the end of November last year, DNA expertise confirmed that one of the bodies found after the region’s de-occupation belongs to the writer. It was known that he was shot dead between March 24 and May 12, 2022.
