🕯️🇺🇦 A heartbreaking announcement has shaken our community: Senior Soldier Payuk Viktor Petrovich, born on February 11, 1988, has died defending Ukraine.

Viktor bravely volunteered for military service in early March 2023, returning from abroad where he was working to protect his family and homeland. The courageous warrior died on February 20, 2025, during a combat mission in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, demonstrating his devotion to his native land and the Ukrainian people.

It is difficult to imagine how his wife, who loved her husband dearly, will come to terms with this loss, or how their son and daughter will cope with the grief of never being able to say “Daddy!” again. But they will remember that their father joined the ranks of the Heavenly Host to protect his family and each of us from there.

Our deepest condolences go out to the family, comrades, and all who knew the deceased.

We offer our deepest respect, honor, and gratitude to the Hero who gave his dearest for the peaceful future of a free and independent Ukraine.

The time and place of the defender’s funeral will be announced later.