Lutsk is bidding farewell to Roman Maksymyuk, a former professional soccer player for Dynamo, Volyn, and the Ukrainian national team who was killed defending Ukraine against Russian forces.
Maksymyuk joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the autumn of 2022, initially serving in a mobile fire unit that defended Lutsk from aerial attacks before being deployed to the Kharkiv region and later directly to the front lines. He went missing in action in January 2025 during a combat mission in the Pokrovsk direction, and his death was subsequently confirmed through DNA testing after he was missing for over a year.
Tributes in Lutsk began with a funeral procession arriving at Avangard Stadium, followed by a funeral service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral and burial in the honorary burials section in the village of Garazhda.
