The Student Council of Lviv and the Department of Youth Policy, Lviv City Council, held a social event «Diplomas that will never be handed over» in memory of the students who died as a result of the full-scale invasion.
Today, on August 12, International Youth Day, more than 40 diplomas of students from all over Ukraine, who died in the struggle for the independence of our country, were presented on the Rynok Square. The diplomas that will never be handed over to their owners. However here are the diplomas of only those whose owners are identified, the real figure of the dead is much higher. One of the diplomas belongs to Petro Havryliv, the first-year master’s student of the Institute of Geodesy, Lviv Polytechnic, who died at the beginning of July.
«Youth in Ukraine is considered to be people aged 14 to 35, and students are the most active part that develops their city and country, brings and introduces changes. That is why this action is a cruel reminder to everyone that we must continue to fight and volunteer in memory of those who died defending the motherland. From the first days of full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, young people took up arms and went to defend their country. Unfortunately, a lot of them died. So, we must remember and honour them», said Rostyslav Yunyk, head of the Department of Youth Policy, Lviv City Council.
For reference. On August 12, the world celebrates International Youth Day. It was established by the UN General Assembly in 1998. This year, for the first time in Ukraine, Youth Day is celebrated together with the whole world in August, and not in June, as it was before.
Let us remind you that on July 2, Petro Havryliv, a student of the Institute of Geodesy, Lviv Polytechnic, died in the war with the Russian aggressor.
