Former Prime Minister Pandeli Majko gave a bad news today.
In a post on Facebook , the socialist deputy says that it has been announced that two soldiers originating from the Albanian diaspora in Ukraine have been killed in the war.
" The Consul of Albania in Ukraine, Omarov Shakhin , just wrote to me about a bitter news. Ukraine, as of today, has two more sons, from the ranks of the Albanian diaspora, who have fallen in the war. They were soldiers in the Ukrainian army who fought and gave their lives in the line of duty as heroes. They were:
Dermentli Anatoly was from the Albanian village of Karakurt (in the Odesa region). He was born on September 3, 1980. He was mobilized in the Mechanized Brigade No. 118 in the Zaporozhian region. On October 15, he lost his life in a combat mission.
Haydarzhy Danylo was born in an Albanian family on January 26, 2002 in the village of Georgivka (Zaporozhia region). He was the second child in his family, which currently still lives in the area occupied by Russian troops. When the war started he was in Poland. In the summer of 2022, he volunteered to be mobilized, but was rejected (due to his age).
In 2023 after his 21st birthday he applied again and served voluntarily in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the military unit A290 and died in the combat zone in the village of Liman, near the city of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region.
Yesterday, the funeral ceremonies of two Albanian boys took place in the city of Zaporozhye, who, even from their personal photos, seem not to have forgotten their origins.
At the funeral ceremony, next to the Ukrainian flag, the Albanian national flag was placed. May their memory be eternal, " writes Majko .