It took until the day after Colonel Yevhen Korostelyov’s death for it to be announced that President Zelenskyy had awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi II Class to the Commander of the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade.
By this time, many other dignitaries had expressed their condolences at hearing of the loss of the combat officer. In fact, most politicians and community leaders, even foreign representatives from the embassies of France, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States expressed their condolences. Absent in the number was the Ukrainian president himself, and members of his inner circle.
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A commemoration picture posted by the 128th Mountain Brigade in memory of the formation's commander killed in landmine blast.
