Ukraine Unveils Monument to Soldier Shot Dead in Widely Shared Video

Ukrainian soldier Andriy Gomelyak pays his respect to Oleksandr Matsievskyi, who served with him in one unit and was executed by Russian troops in 2022, during the opening ceremony of Matsievskyi's statue in Nizhyn, Ukraine, Nov. 25, 2023.

A Ukrainian soldier who was posthumously awarded a medal after a widely shared video showed him declaring "Glory to Ukraine" before apparently being shot dead, was commemorated with a statue in his northern hometown Saturday.