The photo of the hand

went viral all over the world.

And the 36-year-old soldier of the 93rd Brigade "Kholodny Yar" Serhiy Sova was killed.

The body of the serviceman has already been handed over to his relatives for a proper burial.

Serhii Bolvinov, head of the investigative department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kharkiv region, reported this.

"Investigators conducted an additional examination of the body in the morgue with the involvement of a forensic medical expert. He is a military serviceman. His wife recognized him by his tattoo," he wrote.

According to him, the body has been handed over for proper burial.

"We remember forever. We thank the hero," the post reads. 

By the way, the Ukrainian defender is survived by his wife and two small children. 

It will be recalled that after the de-occupation of the city of Izyum in the Kharkiv region, law enforcement officers discovered mass burials of civilians and Ukrainian soldiers.

Among them were 22 servicemen and five children. 

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