Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi signed a decree on awarding state awards posthumously to police officers who died due to Russian landmines in the Kherson region.

The head of state announced this in a traditional video address late in the evening on December 8. 

The title of Hero of Ukraine was awarded to police colonel

Mykhailo Kuratchenko

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Orders "For Courage" -

to police captains Ihor Melnyk and Serhiy Nenada and police corporal Vadym Perizhko.

"Once again, my condolences... They did everything for the safety of Ukrainians. Already returning after completing one of the tasks, when they removed weapons and ammunition from the cache of the occupiers, many of which were left in the Kherson region, the policemen fell into a mine trap," he told the details. deaths of law enforcement officers.

On the website of the president, the corresponding decrees on state awards have appeared. 

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