Poet Roman Sobechko killed in action

Poet and reconnaissance battalion soldier of Ukraine's Air Assault Forces Roman Sobechko has been killed on the Pokrovsk front line.

The Nedopysani projects announced the tragic news on Instagram, Ukrinform reports.

Sobechko was born in Lviv. He tried himself in various professions and loved fishing and mushroom picking. He published several poetry collections – "Svitanok" (Dawn), "Z viroyu v sertsi" (With Faith in the Heart), and "Lehendy Rakovetskoho lisu" (Legends of the Rakovets Forest).

Photo: Lviv City Council

Earlier reports said that four-time Ukrainian strongman champion and national record-holder Pavlo Ishchenko had been killed in action on the front line.