Reburial of Hungarian Soldier Heroes in Ukraine

The reburial ceremony was organized by Dr. Andor Bíró, the Ukrainian desk officer of the MoD Public Relations and War Memorial Service Department. The working group which traveled to Ukraine to participate in the memorial service was led by Lt-Col. Dr. László Töll, the head of the department, and the delegation also included Greek Catholic military chaplain Maj. Csaba Szentesi and Reformed Military Chaplain Lt. Ferenc Dudás.

During the dignified reburial ceremony, first the local Greek Catholic vicar and a choir said the last farewell to the Hungarian soldiers, then the Hungarian chaplains paid the last funeral honors to the dead heroes. Consul General István Tóth (Berehove) and Consul Béla Bozsik (Uzhhorod) laid wreaths on behalf of the Hungarian diplomatic corps.

On behalf of the Ukrainian state, Jaroslav Zhylkin, the secretary of the State Interdepartmental Commission responsible for war grave care gave a speech. In this, he pointed out that cooperation between the Hungarian and the Ukrainian partners has been developing in the field of war memorial service. Lt.-Col. László Töll thanked the German partners for having provided a resting place for the Hungarian soldiers, and he also thanked the Ukrainians for their assistance to the reburial.

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