A former police officer from Lviv died at the front. Let's remember Nazar Ostrovsky.

Every day at 9 am, Ukrainians honor the memory of all those whose lives were taken by the Russian-Ukrainian war. Today we remember Nazar Ostrovsky. 

On October 25, fighting against the Russian invaders, a soldier of the 5th Special Purpose Battalion "Lyubart" of the NGU "Azov" brigade, Lviv resident Nazar Ostrovsky, died. His sister Anastasia Ostrovska reported this.

I would have never wanted to write these words... A few days ago, our family received terrible news from the war. On Friday, 25.10.2024, our Nazar Ostrovsky died... fighting for justice and defending Ukraine to the last!

It is known that Nazar Ostrovskiy went through the Revolution of Dignity, volunteered to the front in the ATO zone in 2014, and gave nearly 10 years of service in police.

This summer would have marked 10 years of service. He started in 2014 with "Azov" (then a militia battalion), then the "Lviv" battalion, was a district officer for 4 years in the domestic violence prevention sector. He ended in the assault brigade of the National Police of Ukraine "Lyut". Ironically, he was mobilized into the unit he originally started with - the native "Azov" in the OZZSP "Lyubart", wrote Nazar Ostrovsky.

The defender was passionate about the history of Ukraine and urged not to consume Russian content.

Anastasia Ostrovska also quoted the words of a close friend of Nazar - Igor Kolesnik. He remembers him as a person who "consciously went to the densest darkness, where tires were burning... to continue doing what was his fundamental strength: to be where it hurts the most. To be with those whose voice is unheard".

"...Nazarchyk is gone. Captain of police sciences, the best sheriff of Sykhiv, twice an Azov member, a Maidanist in a white coat, a graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy with the corresponding diagnosis, a romantic cynic, a stubborn bastard with a good heart, the father of a son, husband to a wife, and a friend. Nazar had a strange character in which black humor and cynicism combined with a profound need to help, protect, fight for justice. Not the justice politicians speak of or what the single telethon broadcasts, but for the kind of justice that doesn't exist in the apartments of the dark city. When he worked in the domestic violence prevention and intervention department, he fought for those who are in complete darkness. For the child growing up maimed in a family of alcoholics. For the children whose parents are drug addicts. For the animals whose owners cut each other with knives," - wrote Ostrovsky's sister.

According to Anastasia Ostrovska, her brother consciously went to where the densest darkness was, where tires burned, where these adults, strong and brutally unfair "normal" people, beat children or students.

He, like me, did not understand the nature of baseless cruelty and indifference of people who bullied the weaker, threw pets out on the street like furniture, did not extend a hand to the drowning. He, unlike me, had the strength and determination, in the spirit of the protagonist of Camus's "The Plague," to continue doing what was his fundamental strength: to be where it hurts the most. To be with those whose voice is unheard. He could see through a jacket, the diplomas of a candidate of science and an associate professor's department, and the real person inside, the cripple, with the same philosophical diagnosis... - wrote Nazar's sister.

"Nazar Ostrovsky. "Azov" (battalion "Lyubart") On the shield. No words, utterly hard to believe... Your "Azov" stories of 2014-15 and "Notes of a district officer" resurface in memory... Wishing you a light journey and good music in the afterlife..." - wrote serviceman Orest Kalinyak.

"Bright memory, friend. You didn't have to go. Nazar and I have known each other since 2014. I interviewed him for "Insider," and it was one of only two cases when we became friends and kept in touch. He was a volunteer back then, and he went now, even though he had an exemption. Even though he had a small child," - wrote about the warrior Ukrainian writer and reporter Artem Chapay.

The hero left behind a wife and a small son, and a sister.

"Glavkom" joins the moment of silence. We honor the memory of all Ukrainians who died fighting for the Motherland. We remember those who died at the hands of Russian invaders, light candles of memory, and bow our heads in mourning during the nationwide moment of silence, honoring the bright memory of citizens of Ukraine who gave their lives for the freedom and independence of the state: all military, civilians, and children, all who died fighting against the Russian occupiers and as a result of enemy attacks on Ukrainian cities and villages.