The relevant decree, No. 1043/2026, dated October 13, was published on the president’s official website, Ukrinform reports.
The document states that the awards recognize personal courage demonstrated in defending Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as the selfless performance of military duties.
Private Yurii Kovorotnyi was posthumously awarded the President of Ukraine’s Cross of Combat Merit.
The Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Third Class, was awarded posthumously to Sergeant Andrii Hetsko, Second Lieutenant Mykola Dremliuha, Second Lieutenant Serhii Krykun, and Senior Lieutenant Stanislav Maliun.
Read also: Zelensky thanks Territorial Defense Forces soldiers for defending Ukraine since first days of full-scale warPresident Zelensky posthumously awarded the Order of Courage, First Class, to Sergeant Vasyl Barskyi and Lieutenant Oleh Slepokura.
Eleven defenders received the Order of Courage, Second Class, six of them posthumously.
The Order of Courage, Third Class, was awarded to 220 defenders, including 178 posthumous recipients.
Sergeant Olesia Zamorska received the Order of Princess Olga, Third Class.
The Order of Danylo Halytsky was awarded posthumously to Captain of Justice Olena Tokariuk and also to Lieutenant Colonel Oleh Tiahnybok and Senior Sergeant Fedir Cherkaskyi.
Fifty-three defenders received the Medal For Military Service to Ukraine, including 13 posthumous recipients.
Another 15 defenders received the Medal Defender of the Motherland. Two of them were honored posthumously: Private Oleksandr Buhai and Senior Private Viacheslav Hladkov.
As Ukrinform previously reported, in decrees dated October 1, President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded state honors to another 1,759 Ukrainian defenders, 716 of them posthumously.
Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine
