“The state institution “National Military Memorial Cemetery” announced that Volodymyr Petrov, a political technologist and co-host of the YouTube channel “Iceland”, resigned from the position of the leading specialist of the department for communications and information technologies.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
SCREENSHOT: ISLND TV / YOUTUBE Source: NVMK
Details: As noted in the institution, Petrov resigned on January 20, 2026 of his own free will in accordance with Article 38 of the Labor Code of Ukraine.
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Literally: “The dismissal took place on the basis of the employee’s personal statement and was issued in accordance with the procedure established by law.”
The institution also stated that they act in accordance with the current legislation of Ukraine and are “ready for dialogue.”
Prehistory:
- On January 12, People’s Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak published the materialin which he stated that the co-hosts of the YouTube channel “Iceland” Volodymyr Petrov and Serhii Ivanov received bookings from mobilization. According to the deputy, Petrov has been working at the state institution “National Military Memorial Cemetery” since July 31, 2025 and has a corresponding booking from mobilization until January 21, 2026.
- On January 15, the Verkhovna Rada made a second attempt caused to the Minister of Veterans’ Affairs Nataliya Kalmykova for a report on the issue of bookings from mobilization at the National Military Memorial Cemetery (NVMK).
- On January 16, Kalmykova reported that the Ministry of Veterans had started official investigation according to information about reservations from mobilization at the National Military Memorial Cemetery.
- On the same day in NVMK confirmedthat political technologist Volodymyr Petrov works in the institution.
- January 19 at the state institution “National Military Memorial Cemetery” declaredthat personnel decisions in the institution are made by the manager without the approval of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs.
We will remind:
- For the first month at the National Memorial Cemetery buried 108 defenders – 11 identified and 97 whose names remain unknown.
- The first recognizable fighter, who buried at the NVMK, there was a soldier with the rank of chief sergeant Viktor Klymchuk with the call sign “Highlander”.
Know more: What’s wrong with the National War Memorial?