Former UPA liaison Vasily Khomin dies in Lviv region

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A former Ukrainian liaison officer in the Lviv region has died at the age of 91 Rebels Vasily Khomin. This is by Borislav City Council Facebook.

– We regret to announce the death of Vasily Khomin, a former UPA liaison officer, member of the OUN-UPA village of Borislavskaya. Nechaya and the All-Ukrainian Brotherhood OUN-UPA named after General Roman Shukhevych. As a participant in the liberation struggle, fighting for Ukraine’s freedom, Vasily Vasily very much dreamed of a Ukrainian victory in this war. This was exactly what he wished for when he celebrated his 90th birthday in February this year, the city council said.

Vasily Khomin was born in 1934 in the village of Zalokot. He grew up in a religious family: one of his grandfathers was a church clerk, the other was a pharmacist at the temple. A book about Borislav describes his vivid memories of being a boy among the rebels, how he first brought them food, and then sat in an ambush. In the last years of his life, Khomin again witnessed war, this time with the rebels. Russian occupiers.

The UPA fighter’s funeral will be held on Saturday, June 8, the city council informed.