Senior UPR army leaders may be reburied in Ukraine in 2026
Oleksandr Alfyorov, head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, said senior military leaders of the Ukrainian People's Republic will be the next historical figures to be reburied in Ukraine on Aug. 15.
Oleksandr Alfyorov, the head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, disclosed that senior military leaders of the Ukrainian People's Republic will be reburied in Ukraine on August 15, 2026. Alfyorov stated that while plans were in motion, they were not fully disclosed due to the sensitive nature of the task. The institute had already compiled a list of individuals to be reburied in 2026, with the process involving numerous steps to prepare the necessary conditions for these remembrances.
The head of the institute also noted that their team is working to locate the graves of significant figures, including hetmans and princes, from various periods, not just the struggle for independence. Plans for a second phase of the reburial project, which will involve visits to European cemeteries with Ukrainian graves, are expected to be revealed soon.
In June 2025, the Cabinet of Ministers approved procedures for reburial at the National Military Memorial Cemetery. On June 25, Ukrainian People's Republic Army Colonel Andrii Melnyk and his wife, Sofiia Fedak-Melnyk, were reburied at the cemetery. On August 11, a ceremony took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to exhume Col. Yevhen Konovalets, the first head of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.
On August 13, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Iryna Vereshchuk confirmed that Konovalets' remains had been returned to Ukraine, and his reburial is anticipated soon at the National Military Memorial Cemetery.
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