Mykolaiv City Council educator posthumously honored for courage

On the occasion of the Day of Educators, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Decree No. 742/2025 "On Awarding State Awards of Ukraine", honoring the heroes who dedicated their lives to teaching and defending the Motherland.

According to the Decree, Ihor Mateychyk, Chief Specialist of the Education Department of Mykolaiv City Council, was posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage III degree.

According to the Mykolaiv City Council's Education Department, Ihor Mateychyk died in October 2022 while defending the territorial integrity and independence of Ukraine.

Earlier, Mykolaiv police officers who were killed in the line of duty during a full-scale war were awarded the highest state awards. Police Captain Yaroslav Lukianenko and Police Lieutenant Yurii Kravchenko, who died on February 26, 2022, were posthumously awarded the Presidential Award "For the Defense of Ukraine".

The policemen, at that time special police officers of the Mykolaiv Company, were defending the city from enemy invasion together with the military. During the fighting, their colleagues were killed and five others were wounded. At the ceremony, the parents and spouses of the fallen heroes received the awards.

In addition, in accordance with the decrees of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 24 police officers who have been defending the country, helping citizens and clearing the land of enemy shells since the first days of the war, also received the "For the Defense of Ukraine" awards.

All those present honored the memory of the fallen heroes by laying flowers at the memorial to the officers who died in the line of duty.

Катерина Глушко