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  • Zelenskiy awards Hero of Ukraine to PoW killed by Russian forces

    03/13/2023 4:05:09 AM PDT · by Timber Rattler · 20 replies
    The Guardian ^ | March 12, 2023 | Lorenzo Tondo
    President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has awarded the Hero of Ukraine to a soldier whose execution by machine gun fire was filmed by Russian forces. The soldier was identified as Oleksandr Igorevich Matsievskyi by Ukraine’s security services after speculation about his identity followed the publishing of the grim video that captured his death. In his nightly address, Zelenskiy said Matsievskyi had become a symbol of resistance to the Ukrainian people. “Today I conferred the title of Hero of Ukraine upon Oleksandr Matsievskyi, a soldier,” he said. “A man whom all Ukrainians will know. A man who will be remembered for ever. For...