Yaroslav Khrapskyi has received the Order of Merit, third class. It was presented by the President of Ukraine at the Ukrainian Youth Forum, held in Kyiv on 12 August to mark Youth Day.

The lists of recipients were published by the Office of the President of Ukraine.

What the forum was

The event brought together youth leaders, representatives of civic organisations, service members, veterans, volunteers, athletes, entrepreneurs and students. The President opened the forum and presented state awards to young Ukrainians, among them the man from Bucha.

Ten people received the Order of Merit, third class, that day. Others were awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, the Order for Courage, the Order of Princess Olha, and the medals for military service, for defending the homeland and for a life saved, along with presidential distinctions.

The forum also announced an expansion of the grant programme for young people from small communities, and named Dnipro the Youth Capital of Ukraine. Separately, twenty people received the Cabinet of Ministers Prize for outstanding achievements of youth, presented by Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi.

What Yaroslav Khrapskyi does

He chairs the board of the civic organisation Association of Youth Centres of Ukraine and runs the Plast Educational Centre, a municipal institution of the Kyiv Regional Council based in Bucha itself. He is also a member of the national youth council under the Cabinet of Ministers.

This is not his first state distinction. In 2020 Khrapskyi received the Prize of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for contributing to youth development in parliamentarism and local self-government.

Earlier we wrote about how young people from Kyiv region communities gained a voice of their own at national level.

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