A priest reads a prayer near the coffin of Lt. Col. Valery Matviychuk during his funeral at the organ hall of the city of Sambir. Lieutenant Colonel Valeriy Matviychuk, 58 years old, from Sambor, died in the east of Ukraine during a combat mission defending Ukraine from Russian military invasion. He was a serviceman of the 103rd separate brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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