Media Center Ukraine Producer Department

Dmytro Yehizarov (“Kok”) was a participant in the Revolution of Dignity, an entrepreneur, a loving husband, and a father of three. On January 5, 2023, he joined the defense of the Motherland as part of the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Serving as a Stugna anti-tank missile system operator, he carried out combat missions in the Zaporizhzhia and Pokrovsk directions. Despite suffering a spinal injury, concussions, and a shrapnel wound, he constantly returned to duty to fight against the occupiers.

On June 20, 2024, Dmytro was killed in action in the village of Peremoha, Donetsk Region. Before his death, he destroyed four units of enemy armored vehicles and damaged two tanks, halting an enemy mechanized assault.

Dmytro’s brother, Roman, launched a petition to posthumously award the Defender the title of Hero of Ukraine, which quickly gathered the required number of signatures. On June 3, 2026, the President issued the corresponding decree.

The memory of the warrior has been immortalized with a memorial plaque at School No. 177 in Kyiv, at the museum of Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University, and in the M. M. Hryshko National Botanical Garden, where a memorial bench was installed and a maple tree was planted in Dmytro’s honor in the Indonesian Garden.

The memorial event will be attended by the soldier’s mother Alla Ihorivna, his wife Olena, his daughter Daria, his brother Roman, his friends Andrii and Kyrylo, and his colleague Olha. Speeches will be delivered by Olha Korabliova, a representative of the Scientific Council of the Botanical Garden, and Mykola Haponiuk, Deputy Head of the Department of Finance at KNEU.

Media accreditation is required to attend the event.

• dead
• military
• Kyiv

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Lviv will host the “Chamber Studies of Lviv” cinema residency for teenagers aged 14–17 from June 24–30, led by film director Hala Koziutynska.

Participants will master the basics of film directing, cinematography, editing, and sound design, while also learning how to create video essays and video poetry.

The teenagers will explore Lviv’s cultural and lesser-known locations through the lens of a camera and their own perspective on reality. They will create their own sound library of the city, concluding the residency with a final public screening of their works followed by a discussion.

Participation is free of charge.

Background: Funded with UK aid from the UK government (British Embassy Kyiv) and implemented by the “Voices of Children” Foundation within the PULSE National Consortium, coordinated by the “Right to Protection” Charitable Foundation. The UK government’s support for this project in Ukraine is provided through the SHARP component of its Humanitarian Assistance, Recovery, and Protection Programme.

• children
• culture
• Lviv

If you are interested in this topic, you can obtain the subjects’ contacts from the Producer Department of Media Center Ukraine.