According to RIA Novosti, the opening ceremony of the monument was attended by the head of the republic Denis Pushilin.

“Vokhi's dream was to make Donbass free.

This is our dream too ... So it will be thanks to people like Vokha, such as Motor, Givi (battalion commanders of Sparta and Somalia. -

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) and Alexander Vladimirovich Zakharchenko and thousands of those who are now on the front line, ” he said.

Earlier, the head of the DPR said that Zhoga died in Volnovakha, ensuring the exit of civilians from the city.

Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded him the title of Hero of Russia posthumously.