06/03/2024June 3, 2024
Thousands mourn death of Ukrainian journalist and combat medic
Nearly 1,000 people came together in central Kyiv on Sunday for the memorial service of a young Ukrainian journalist and volunteer combat medic who was killed in action last week.
Iryna Tsybukh, 25, was killed while serving in the Kharkiv area, where Russia started its offensive almost a month ago.
Her funeral service, held at Saint Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery on Sunday, saw hundreds of people wearing colorful Ukrainian vyshyvankas — embroidered national shirts — and carrying Ukrainian flags and flowers.
Tsybukh’s coffin was draped in the yellow-and-blue Ukrainian flag.
She was a part of the Hospitallers volunteer battalion and was credited with saving the lives of many soldiers, often risking her own life to evacuate injured servicemen from the line of duty.
Last year while stationed on the front lines in the eastern Donetsk region, she penned down a farewell letter to be published in the case of her death.
Her death sparked widespread reaction on social media, where her letter went viral for several days after her death.
“I am not sorry to die, because I am finally living the life I would like. I will not lie, to feel this indispensable, true freedom, I will have to go through more than one more session of therapy, fears and tears,” the letter, published by her brother, said.
“Be worthy of the deeds of our heroes, don’t be sad, be brave,” she added.
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