President Vladimir Zelensky on the day of the heroes of the heroes Krut visited the Askoldov grave, where he honored the memory of Ukrainian defenders. The president reported this in Telegram.

" The feat that each of us should remember, understanding what is the price of our freedom, ”Zelensky wrote.

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The website of the head of state reports that Zelensky honored the memory of the pilot Andrei Pilshchikov, the Hero of Ukraine, who died in August 2023 in a plane crash in the Zhytomyr region, and also after the ceremony talked with his mother. The president also honored the memory of the deceased under the Ilovaisk Mark Paslavsky; participant in the revolution of the dignity of Alexander Clitinsky; commander of the assault battalion \; activist and warrior of the 59th separate assault brigade named after Yakov Gandzyuk Pavel Petrichenko.

Recall that every year on January 29, Ukrainians honor the memory of the heroes of the battle of Krutov, which took place in 1918. On that day, a group of Ukrainian students and fighters of the Free Cossacks (about 300 people), who defended the UPR, entered the battle with the four thousandth army of the Soviet military commander Mikhail Muravyev.