Honorary Badge Of St. George Award To The Fallen Defenders Of Ukraine Ceremony

LVIV, UKRAINE - MAY 26: LTG Pavlo Tkachuk (C), officer in charge of Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy, awards the Honorary Badge of St. George to Hanna Paselska (L), mother of SrLT Nazar Paselskyi, who died on August 14, 2014 near Novosvitlivka town in Luhansk region, during awarding ceremony on May 26, 2023 in Lviv, Ukraine. A ceremony of awarding the “Honorary Badge of Saint George” (posthumously) to the defenders of Ukraine, who have been fighting for the independence of Ukraine since 2014 is initiated in Lviv. The ceremony is timed to the Day of Hero, which is celebrated in Ukraine yearly on May 23. 20 residents of Lviv who died in Russian-Ukrainian war are awarded today. “Honorary badge of St. George” is a city award, presented for outstanding service to Lviv. St. George is the patron saint of the city. (Photo by Les Kasyanov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)