{"id":413143,"date":"2019-08-26T10:30:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T07:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/ukraine-commemorates-fallen-ukrainian-soldiers-near-ilovaisk\/"},"modified":"2019-08-26T10:30:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T07:30:26","slug":"ukraine-commemorates-fallen-ukrainian-soldiers-near-ilovaisk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-commemorates-fallen-ukrainian-soldiers-near-ilovaisk\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Commemorates Fallen Ukrainian Soldiers near Ilovaisk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/saKOQPPO_hg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nAn awards ceremony to honor Ukrainian troops killed in the Battle of Ilovaisk has been held in Kyiv. In August 2014, Ukrainian forces were encircled by Russian backed militants and regular Russian troops in the city of Ilovaisk. They were ambushed after a so-called humanitarian corridor was agreed between both sides. Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers were killed.<\/p>\n<p>In Aurika&#8217;s memory, her son Ruslan will always be 20 years old. He died near the city of Ilovaisk on August 27th, 2014. His self-propelled artillery vehicle was torn apart by a land mine. It took Ruslan&#8217;s mother 4 and a half years to face the fact that her son died. But even now, she remembers his last words.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We talked via phone before the fight. He said he was scared, but he held on. He said they would breakthrough. That\u2019s all, the connection dropped. He\u2019s in my heart, I think about him every day,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteer Iryna Beletska searched for the contacts of Ukrainian soldiers who fought for the city of Ilovaisk. When Iryna and three other activists founded an award, called &#8220;The Ilovaisk Cross&#8221;. 16 of 140 crosses were received posthumously by relatives of fallen soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why is it cross? It&#8217;s a medal for merit. The soldiers were shot dead when the convoy was moving. It&#8217;s a tragic event, it&#8217;s not a victory in the battle. We award it so that children of these soldiers know that their fathers were heroes! They were the first! No one was forcibly sent there,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Viktor Nikoliuk, who was a commander of the 92nd brigade, also attends the ceremony. Now, he is the head of the Desna Training Center. His company-tactical group defended Illovaysk back in 2014. Nikoliuk says that pro-Russian militants set up an ambush and attacked Ukrainian soldiers. The 92nd brigade opened fire in response, but they did not have enough resources.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our soldiers also killed dozens of them. As eyewitnesses say, there were a lot of Russian uniforms there. Our soldiers also took part in the battle. But, unfortunately, there were too many of them,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Major Fedir Shevchenko, who was a deputy commander of the 92nd brigade, remembers the beginning of the war. He says that the Battle of Ilovaisk was a starting point of Russia&#8217;s invasion in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can&#8217;t minimize the importance of this event. It is very important, in particular for our younger generation. They should understand to whom they should be grateful,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>366 soldiers were killed near Ilovaisk in August 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An awards ceremony to honor Ukrainian troops killed in the Battle of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":413144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,55],"tags":[],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-413143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-ukraine-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ukraine Commemorates Fallen Ukrainian Soldiers near Ilovaisk - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-commemorates-fallen-ukrainian-soldiers-near-ilovaisk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ukraine Commemorates Fallen Ukrainian Soldiers near Ilovaisk - 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