At the Lychakiv Military Cemetery in Lviv, known as the Mars Field, only 19 burial spaces remain. The city has begun preparing a new site for fallen Ukrainian defenders, local authorities reported.
Ukraine pays an immense price for resisting Russia’s aggression every day. Over the past year, Moscow has occupied only 1% of Ukrainian territory, but in total, Moscow controls about 18% of Ukraine. That is the amount of land Russia has managed to occupy since 2014. The only regional center Russia captured in Ukraine since 2022 was Kherson, which Ukraine liberated the same year.
The price of Ukrainian freedom is measured in names, not only in kilometers
With Section 86 of the Field of Honor now filled, the new burial site for fallen defenders will be located on the former Hill of Glory, with its Soviet symbolism fully removed during the decommunization period.
“It will now become Section 87 of the Field of Honor, within the boundaries of the Lychakiv Cemetery,” Lviv authorities said.
The site already features a main ceremonial alley with year-round, weather-resistant paving, a designated area for military honors cleared of all Soviet ideological elements, and space reserved for future memorial architecture, which will be selected through a professional competition.
Ukrainian cities work to preserve the memory of their heroes
The location was approved by a working group on commemorating the national-liberation struggle of the Heroes of Ukraine, which includes veterans, families of the fallen, architects, scholars, and other experts.
Lviv is also planning a city-wide military memorial cemetery that will follow international standards for honoring service members. Officials are currently evaluating several potential locations large enough to support such a site.
“This will be a place where all who defended Ukraine can be laid to rest with dignity, both those who died in the war and those who returned home and passed in peaceful times. Each of them gave a part of themselves for our freedom,” Yevhen Boiko, executive officer of the Lviv City Council’s Executive Committee, said.
Among those recently buried at the Mars Field was 25-year-old paramedic Iryna Tsybukh of the “Hospitallers” battalion. She left a farewell note before her death. Read it here.
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