{"id":7356,"date":"2026-11-07T23:04:50","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T21:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/2026\/11\/07\/hell-always-be-25-young-sergeant-oleksandr-pankovych-from-bystrytsia-was-killed-in-a-fierce-battle-in-zaporizhzhia\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T23:04:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T21:04:52","slug":"hell-always-be-25-young-sergeant-oleksandr-pankovych-from-bystrytsia-was-killed-in-a-fierce-battle-in-zaporizhzhia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/2026\/11\/07\/hell-always-be-25-young-sergeant-oleksandr-pankovych-from-bystrytsia-was-killed-in-a-fierce-battle-in-zaporizhzhia\/","title":{"rendered":"He\u2019ll always be 25: Young Sergeant Oleksandr Pankovych from Bystrytsia was killed in a fierce battle in Zaporizhzhia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A soldier from the Chynadiyiv community gave his life on November 5 near the village of Vilne. The fallen soldier is survived by his young wife, child, and parents.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chynadiyiv community bows its heads in deep mourning over this irreparable loss. A resident of the village of Bystrytsia\u2014a brave defender of Ukraine, Sergeant Oleksandr Mykhailovych Pankovych, born in 2001\u2014is returning home on a stretcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chynadiyevo Village Council officially announced the tragic news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">His final battle took place on the Zaporizhzhia front<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oleksandr stood up to defend his homeland, fulfilling his military duty to the Ukrainian people with honor and dignity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Killed in action:<\/strong> The sergeant\u2019s life was cut short on November 5, 2026, while repelling enemy attacks near the village of Vilne in the Zaporizhzhia region;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dreams Cut Short:<\/strong> The soldier was only 25 years old. He had a happy family life ahead of him\u2014raising children, peaceful plans, and professional aspirations\u2014all of which were ruthlessly cut short by the war.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The family\u2019s irreparable grief and the community\u2019s sorrow<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The loss of a husband, father, and son was an unspeakable blow to the entire family:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cTo his wife, he will forever remain the most beloved husband. To his young child\u2014a dad whose warm hugs will never be felt again. To his parents, he is the son whose return they awaited every minute and for whom they never ceased to pray&#8230;\u201d<\/em> \u2014 the village council expressed these words of condolence.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chynadiyevo Village Council, fellow villagers from Bystrytsia, and the entire Transcarpathian community extend their deepest condolences to the wife, the orphaned child, the parents, friends, and comrades-in-arms of Oleksandr Pankovych.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May the memory of this Defender of Ukraine be bright and eternal! Heroes never die!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The exact date and time of the funeral procession\u2019s arrival \u201con the shield\u201d and the burial ceremony in the village of Bystrytsia will be announced at a later date.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/chynadiivska-gromada.gov.ua\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/chynadiivska-gromada.gov.ua\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Chynadiyevo Village Council, Mukachevo District.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A soldier from the Chynadiyiv community gave his life on November 5 near the village of Vilne. The fallen soldier is survived by his young wife, child, and parents. The Chynadiyiv community bows its heads in deep mourning over this irreparable loss. A resident of the village of Bystrytsia\u2014a brave defender of Ukraine, Sergeant Oleksandr [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1391,1389],"tags":[2280,2283,1400],"class_list":["post-7356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mukachevo-district","category-zakarpattia-news","tag-oleksandr-pankovych","tag-zakarpattia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}