At 101, a liaison officer of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, Angelina Palamar, passed away.. The woman was a rebel scout during the liberation actions of the Ukrainian people in the twentieth century..

The sad news was announced by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov. Several publications in western Ukraine added that Angelina Emelyanovna died on Wednesday, January 15.

Budanov himself last year, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Angelina Emelyanovna, had the honor of awarding her the medal “Ukraine Above All!

Angelina Emelyanovna went through the millstones of the Bolshevik dungeons and spent a decade and a half in Soviet camps, says the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate.

“For the idea of \u200b\u200bthe Ukrainian State, Angelina Emelyanovna and her family experienced a lot of troubles and pain from Russia. Inhuman security officers killed Angelina's father and brother right in the yard of their house. Then she joined the UPA at the age of fifteen - she became a liaison under the pseudonym " Two years later. As a result of the betrayal of one of the peasant women, the Russians captured the intelligence officer,” noted Mr. Budanov.

Angelina Emelyanovna went through torture and a Siberian prison, but did not give up a single secret and waited for the desired independence of Ukraine.

The woman spent over 14 years in Siberia.

For about two years her mother knew nothing about her daughter. But it was in Magadan that Angelina met her future husband Grigory. Signed when they got out of prison. The couple had two children - daughter Arina and son Zenova.

" My sincere condolences to all the family and friends of the outstanding Ukrainian Angelina Palamar,” said the head of Ukrainian intelligence.

In turn, our publication also expresses condolences to the family and friends of Angelina Emelyanovna.