Combat medic Iryna "Cheka" Tsybukh posthumously awarded title Hero of Ukraine

Iryna Tsybukh, a paramedic with the Hospitallers medical battalion, has been posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.

Source: decree on the website of the Office of the President

Quote: "For personal courage and heroism displayed in defence of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and selfless service to the Ukrainian people, I hereby decree:

Iryna Volodymyrivna Tsybukh, public figure and crew leader in the Hospitallers volunteer battalion, shall be awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine and the Order of the Golden Star (posthumously)."

Read more: An interview with Iryna "Cheka" Tsybukh, combat medic, 1998-2024

Background:

• In November 2023, Iryna "Cheka" Tsybukh was awarded the Order of Merit, third class, and in March 2024, she won a UP100: Power of Women award.
• Six days before her death, in her last post on X (Twitter), Iryna wrote: "My birthday is coming soon, and I am proud to have lived to be 26." But Iryna did not live to see her 26th birthday. Two days before it, on 29 May, she was killed during a rotation in Kharkiv Oblast.
• In June 2024, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posthumously awarded Iryna the Order of Courage, third class.

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