Taras P. Herasymiuk (Odynochka)

Reserve First Lieutenant Anatoliy Martynyuk published a poignant epitaph for his fallen comrades on Facebook, most of whom he knew personally, as he previously commanded this unit. **Farewell to Brothers** My dear platoon of the third company… We first met in Novy Petrivtsi — so different, yet united by one goal — and we truly bonded at checkpoint No. 7 near Sloviansk. I still can't believe that many of my guys are no longer with us, and so many have been injured… **Taras Herasymyuk (call sign Lone Wolf) from Volyn. Brother, I knew you too little; you were a new fighter in the platoon, but I am sure you are the most worthy son of Ukraine. Eternal gratitude and honor! I would have liked to personally escort you home on your final journey, but that is physically impossible… I suppress my sorrow with the fact that at least in Kharkiv I was able to say goodbye to you. I am incredibly proud to have served with such People in the 1st Reserve Battalion of Operational Purpose of the National Guard of Ukraine named after Hero of Ukraine General Kulchytsky. We, the living, have no moral right to allow ourselves to be passive, to forget about Them, to forget about what they died for, because otherwise our native land, soaked in their blood, will curse us! Heroes do not die! Glory to Ukraine!**