#Cheka, “#One #Voice” – Version 2 #poetry #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #GlorytotheHeroes #culture #identity #unity #love #spirit #legacy #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #ChekaFest #Vyshyvanka #IrynaTsybukh #Cheka #OlenaIvanenko #вшануй #Honor

An example, a model,
a reflection of the nation...
A volunteer, a medic,
a lone soul on the front lines...
 
Iryna, Cheka, “One Voice,”
killed by the Muscovites...
But a moment of silence,
a moment of honor will rise...
 
Now they gather with her,
with her mother Oksana...
A flock of sisters, a nation,
uniting to honor her soul...
 
Every defender is special,
just as worthy as she was...
Together they honor –
All who answered the call...
 
The nation rises united
under their single banner...
Songs of ancient kobzars,
Sung for their Ukraine...

 
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Edited May 27, 2026
Cheka, One Voice – Version 2
 
Cheka Fest 2.0, 5/30/26, Lviv
https://www.instagram.com/cheka.fest/?hl=en
https://lviv.kontramarka.ua/en/cekafest-u-lvovi-105450.html
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYzB4zKsMyD/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYC12lxjXEm/
“To remember the fallen is to value the living.”
Quote from a defender about Cheka Fest, June 1, 2025, in Lviv,
https://www.instagram.com/cheka.fest/
where 2,000 participants honored the memory of the fallen
combat medic Iryna “Cheka” Tsybukh, who died on May 29, 2024,
just days before her 26th birthday on June 1, 2024.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
 
Edited March 21, 2026
Unity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/unity-v2.html
February 24, 2026 (Fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion)
RUSSIA COLLAPSE: PUTIN’S BIGGEST FAILURE Vlog 1330: War in Ukraine
https://youtu.be/xWK3b5zJS-A?si=E0PvX7YzjsF9rmyh
From post by Anna Danylchuk (Anna from Ukraine)
Edited February 19, 2026
You hold each of them so closely – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/you-hold-each-of-them-so-closely-v3.html
February 19, 2026
Every. Single. Day.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/every-single-day.html
Instagram post by Olena_Ivanenko_rij
https://www.instagram.com/stories/olena_ivanenko_rij/3835849990073791731/
“Хвилина памʼяті
згадувала братів за якими дуже сумую
кожен день 9:00 честь”
“A moment of remembrance remembered the brothers
I miss so much every day 9:00 honor.”
Edited February 18, 2026
to remember the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/to-remember-dead-v2.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/to-remember-dead-v2.html
“to remember the dead is to appreciate the living”
Quote by defender about Cheka Fest, June 1, 2025 in Lviv
 
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