The casket with the Hero’s body was taken to St. Michael’s Golden-domed Cathedral, from there he was taken with a guard of honor to Maidan Nezalezhnosti so that everyone could honor the memory of the warrior.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny touchingly said goodbye to the Hero of Ukraine, the legendary commander of the “Da Vinci Wolves” battalion, Dmitry Kotsyubail, known by the call sign “Da Vinci “. On Friday, March 10, Valery Zaluzhny published words of farewell on his Telegram page.
He wrote that he knew Dmitry very well, said that the Hero joined the Ukrainian military family nine years ago, at the very beginning of the Russian war against Ukraine.
“A very young man with sincere eyes, who was never afraid of anything. People around him united with one goal – to fight for their country,” wrote the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“The path to our victory is very difficult. And the price of this victory is the lives of our soldiers. Dmitry Kotsyubaylo. Da Vinci. Sleep well, friend. Glory to Ukraine!” – added Zaluzhny.
He also posted some pictures from the farewell ceremony.
Recall that Dmitry Kotsyubaylo died on March 7 near Bakhmut.
On March 9, a farewell to Kotsubail took place in his native village of Bovshev in the Carpathian region.
Dmitry was born in 1995 in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, graduated from an art college. She is the granddaughter of People’s Artist of Ukraine Ada Rogovtseva. At the age of 18, he took part in the Revolution of Dignity. From the Maidan, he immediately went to war as part of the Volunteer Corps Right Sector.
In 2021, Dmitry Kotsyubaylo was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.
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Source: korrespondent

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