On 13 June 2021, the funeral of former SS Orest Vaskul took place at the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, St. Michael Golden-Domed Monastery, in Kiev.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was represented by soldiers from his personal regiment. Defense Minister and former military attaché in Washington, Lieutenant General Andriy Taran, was also represented.
The Ukrainian flag draped the coffin of the deceased.
Orest Vaskoul voluntarily enlisted in the SS (Galicia Division) in 1943 and fought, by choice, as a Ukrainian Nazi for the Third Reich against the Soviet Union.
Stay In Touch
Follow us on social networks
Subscribe to weekly newsletter