The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has confirmed the identity of the Ukrainian serviceman who was killed after shouting "Glory to Ukraine!" The SBU has identified the serviceman as Oleksandr Ihorovych Matsievskyi, a sniper from the 163rd Battalion of the 119th Separate Brigade of the Territorial Defense of Chernihiv Oblast. Oleksandr was called up for military service in March 2022 and was reported missing near the village of Krasna Hora in Donetsk region at the end of December. It was determined that he was shot dead on December 30, 2022 and his body was returned home in February 2023.

President Zelensky bestowed the title of Hero of Ukraine upon Oleksandr Matsiyevsky. All hail the Hero!