Oleksandr Shcherbanyuk
46, tiler,
Chernivtsi
“He was a real man. He said he had to fight so that nobody dared to come to our house. He said he had to protect his family and reclaim his country...” Oleksandr Shcherbanyuk's wife, Natalya, stutters over the word “reclaim,” her voice full of tears, “I spoke to him in the morning. He picked up the phone, out of breath, and said, “Honey, we have captured Instytutska street, I can't talk right now.” But when I called him a few minutes later, I was told that Oleksandr was no more..”
On February 20 he died from a sniper's bullet in Instytutska street. First, the killer shot Oleksandr in his leg. And when he threw away the shield because of sudden pain, he shot him right in his heart.
“Oleksandr was a great man. He was independent in his opinio
