Ukrainians Honor Fallen Founder Of Vyshyvanka March Dedicated To Traditional Embroidered Shirt

Mourners wearing traditional embroidered shirts, vyshyvankas, sing the Ukrainian national anthem during an August 16 ceremony for Andriy Babinskiy in Kyiv. Babinskiy was the founder of an annual "Mega March" of the Vyshyvanka.

A portrait of Andriy Babinskiy is added to a wall dedicated to Ukraine's fallen defenders. His friends say he was a talented musician and photographer who had once been a researcher at Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences. 

People wearing vyshyvankas attend an evening of commemoration for Babinskiy in Kyiv on August 16.
 

Babinskiy was honored in an emotional ceremony in the Ukrainian capital.

A boy dressed in a traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirt attends Babinskiy's memorial.

A Ukrainian musician plays next to a wall dedicated to some of Ukraine's war dead.

Mourners listen to music and speeches honoring Babinskiy, who was serving as a combat medic when he was killed in the Zaporizhzhya region on August 8.

 People look at a wall honoring fallen defenders of Ukraine.

Friends carry a portrait of Babinskiy through Kyiv.

People walk past destroyed Russian military vehicles on display in Kyiv during the memorial event.

A woman places flowers next to a portrait of Andriy Babninskiy on the wall of Ukraine's fallen defenders.