Mihail Zhyzneuski to be buried near Homel on Tuesday

His mother Nina Vasiliyeuna told Radio Liberty about it. 

Homel Inhabitant Mihail Zhyzneuski left Belarus about ten years ago and spent his last years in Ukraine. He was an active member of the nationalist Ukrainian organization UNA-UNSO. He died in Grushevski Street on January 22. He was shot through the heart and died on the spot. The details of his death and the name of the person who shot at him are still unknown.

Kiev bade farewell to Zhyzneuski yesterday. A funeral service was held in Mikhail Cathedral. Ukrainian opposition leaders attended it. Thousands of people were shouting Glory to the hero! in Maidan Nezalezhnosti. Mihail Zhyzneuski could have turned 26 on January 26.

Mihail Zhyzneuski’s coffin carried about Kiev (photo report)