www.nrcu.gov.ua - President Leonid Kuchma has sent a message of condolences to the family and relatives of Captain Yuriy Ivanov, who was killed in Iraq, the Defense Ministry's press service rinformed.
Capt Yuriy Ivanov was a logistical platoon commander with the 62nd Detached Mechanized Battalion. He was killed on the Sunday morning of August 15, 2004, when a remotely controlled demolition charge blasted his vehicle near a pond in the vicinity of Es Suweira.
President Kuchma has signed a decree to posthumously decorate Capt Yuriy Ivanov with the Order For Bravery, 1st Grade. The Defense Ministry and the General Staff have sent messages of condolences to Yuriy Ivanov's wife, daughter and relatives.