On the shield. Lord of the homelands of the fallen warriors. Ilovaisk - Irina Vovk (9789660392168)

The first part of the three-volume book “On the Shield” reproduces in the stories the formation of the Ukrainian army in the conditions of a hostile invasion and separatist movement. The names of the first victims under the Grads, in an airplane or helicopter, “on armor” or “on trip wires,” on the Savur-Mogila mound, at the Lugansk airport or in the treacherous “green corridor” of Ilovaisk already belong to recent history.

Memories of the fallen Ukrainian soldiers who defended our land in the first days, weeks, months and years of the Russian-Ukrainian war are collected and artistically adapted - this is the need of human memory, the memory of the heart about the unforgettable. . This is the enduring pain of the living, their longing for what was lost, as well as a reminder to civilians who paid the most expensive price for their peace and well-being. The publication uses photographic materials from family archives.