Memory is more than the past.

It is about you and me, here and now: the values we hold, the choices we make, and the community we are building — resilient enough to stand firm and change the world. Memory shapes our understanding of history, keeps us human in the darkest hours, and roots us in the shared soil of experience.

We dedicate our work to honoring and preserving the memory of members of the Ukrainian Leadership Academy community who gave their lives for our freedom.

This is a remembrance of the defenders who died for Ukraine — for our safety, for our future. For us, it is not only a tribute but a profound responsibility.

On this page, you can learn more about those whose names we preserve and carry forward. Their stories are our shared stories. We believe that by remembering each person, we uphold the line of resilience and give new meaning to the future.

Our defenders and their stories

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Serhii Molchanov“Pel`men`”

UAL Mariupol, 2021–2022

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Semen Oblomei“Sem”

UAL Kyiv, 2017-2018

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Ivan Pokidko “Dzhoni”

UAL Kharkiv 2020-2021

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Maksym Vasylyshyn“Padzhero”

UAL Kyiv, 2020-2021

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Dmytro Yevdokymov“Kant”

UAL Kharkiv, 2018-2019

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Volodymyr Ivashchenko “Yami”

UAL Mariupol, 2021-2022

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Hlib Utiushev

UAL Kyiv, 2015-2016

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