in Kiev: some stencil graffiti of Ukrainian fighters
Stencil graffiti in Kiev city center show face portraits of Ukrainian fighters who fell for their country. Among them there is the one of the soldier Didushko Oleh Anatoliyovych (17.03.1972 – 07.02.2015). According to the UKRAINIAN MEMORIAL / In memory of the heroes who died for Ukraine / https://ukraine-memorial.org/en/ “was the shooter of the 3rd division of the platoon for the protection of the objects of the 27th rifle company of the 7th Infantry Battalion of the 2nd separate Galician brigade of the Western Operational-Territorial Association of the National Guard of Ukraine, a soldier (…) On 7 February, 2015, at around 22.30, during a service at the checkpoint near the town Debaltsevo, Donetsk region, the group, which included the soldier Didushko, was under the continuous artillery and the mortar fire of the enemy and adopted a battle with the superior forces of the enemy. During the fight, Oleh Didushko received the numerous fragments of injuries, from which he died. On 10 February 2015, he was buried at the Soviyskiy Cemetery in Kyiv. He was awarded the Order "For Courage" of the 3rd class (25.03.2015; posthumously). On 13 October, 2015 in the city Kiev on the facade of the building of the comprehensive school №108 (Ural 2/10 street), where Oleh Didushko studied, the memorial plaque was established.” Large-murals are another way of remembering the ones who died for Ukraine. That is the case of the large mural-portrait of Serhiy Nihoyan made by the Portuguese artist Vhilsused in Kiev city center in 2017. Serhiy Nihoyan, (August 2, 1993 – January 22, 2014) was an Armenian-Ukrainian Euromaidan activist who was fatally shot during the 2014 Hrushevskoho Street riots where he was acting as security. He was the first protester killed by shooting during the protest. The photos below were taken in April 2019 and show some Stencil graffiti in Kiev city center showing face portraits of Ukrainian fighters who fell for their country and the large mural-portrait of Serhiy Nihoyan.