This Set Includes:

1x Block of Post Stamps "We will not forget! We will not forgive! Bucha. Irpin. Hostomel"

1x Envelope “The Cities of Heroes. Kyiv Region”

1x Postcard “The City of Heroes. Bucha”

1x Postcard “The City of Heroes. Irpin”

1x Postcard “The City of Heroes. Hostomel”

Characteristics:

Release date — 03/31/2023

Photo — Serhiy Nuzhnenko (Radio Liberty), Mykhailo Jos. Drawing by Oleksandr Nikityuk.

The nominal value is Mx3

Size of stamps, mm — 43.5x29.5; 43.5x26.1; 33.0x33.0

Product Description:

In the first days of russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, the cities of Kyiv region took the brunt of the enemy's attack aimed at the capital of Ukraine. Civilians faced the inhuman cruelty and arbitrariness of the invaders: the mass killing of the civilian population in Bucha, accompanied by torture and rape, was called the "Bucha Massacre."

In the margins of the block, a panoramic photo of Irpin shows the extent of the city's destruction. The postage stamps of the block feature documentary photos of a destroyed column of enemy vehicles on Vokzalna Street in Bucha, a crossing over the Irpin River, which was the main evacuation route for the civilian population, and a drawing of the world's largest transport aircraft AN-225 "Mriya" destroyed by the enemy at the airfield in Hostomel.

In March 2022, 10 Ukrainian cities, including Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel, were awarded the honorary title "Hero City of Ukraine".