Ukraine Confirms Identity Of Captive Soldier Executed By Russia
NDTV
On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised Matsievsky's "bravery" in his daily address, awarding the soldier the Hero of Ukraine title.
Ukraine's SBU security services on Sunday confirmed the identity of a Ukrainian soldier killed by a hail of bullets, in an execution video that went viral.
SBU investigators named the soldier as 42-year-old Oleksandr Igorovich Matsievsky, a sniper with the 163rd battalion of the territorial defence brigade in the Chernihiv region in northeastern Ukraine.
On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised Matsievsky's "bravery" in his daily address, awarding the soldier the Hero of Ukraine title.
President Zelensky said Matsievsky was "a soldier, a person who will be remembered forever" by Ukrainians.
