Today in Okhtyrka, during the opening of the Children’s Help Center, people who have played an important role in the fate of the city since the aggressor invaded the territory of the Okhtyrka Community were awarded «Badges of Honor» – the Award «Gratitude of the World from the Ukrainian People for the Humanitarian Component of the Victory».

The Award found its own Heroes for volunteer work:

• Iryna Daragan – representative of the International Charitable Help Corporation, Head of the Children’s Help Center in Okhtyrka, Sumy region,
• Oleksandr Darahan – Deputy Head of the Security Service of the International Anti-Corruption Assembly,
• Viktor Babich – Head of the Surgical Department of the Okhtyrka Central District Hospital. From the first days of the aggressor’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Viktor personally performed surgeries, saving the lives of many of our soldiers and civilians who suffered from the hostilities.