Official Release - March 27, 2024
Cities of Heroes. Okhtyrka
The set includes:
--- 1 Postcard Cities of Heroes. Okhtyrka signed:
- Pavlo Kuzmenko - Mayor of Okhtyrka
- Leonid Klyzub - head of the Okhtyr district state administration
- Pavlo Rozhenko - the first deputy head of the Okhtyr district state administration
- Roman Guchenko - head of the district military administration
- Serhii Luchenko - head of the department for digital development, digital transformations and digitalization of the Sumy regional state administration
- Igor Smelyansky - General Director of Ukrposhta
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On 24 February 2022, at about 12 o'clock, the russian occupiers entered the city of Okhtyrka and were stopped by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For more than a month, the enemy tried to break through the defense and shelled the city with all kinds of weapons, including aircraft.
On 26 February, three thermobaric (vacuum) bombs were dropped on Okhtyrka, killing and injuring many residents, destroying the city utilities and lots of buildings. The enemy was destroying and courageous people, heroes-workers of the critical infrastructure facilities, were restoring water pipes, power grid, and communication networks under fire, inspiring the whole country to resist. On 27 March, the active phase of the battle for Okhtyrka ended. The demining of the city began.
For the mass heroism and resilience shown by citizens in the defense of the city, Okhtyrka, which became an irresistible outpost on the way of the russian army's advance into Ukraine, was awarded the honorary title of "Hero City of Ukraine" by Presidential Decree No. 164/2022.
The postage stamp depicts the building of the Okhtyrka City Council destroyed by an enemy attack.
Specification:
- Artist — Volodymyr Taran
- Isuue date (year) — 2024
- The number of stamps in the sheet — 6
- Face value of each postage stamp — U
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