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1 class - military 2nd - civilians: https://nikvesti.com/ua/news/photoreportage/mer-senkovich-pochesni-vidznaki-oborona-mykolaeva-viiskovosluzhbovtsiam-rodicham-volonteram-pratsivnikam-sluzhb-ua

Medal "For the Defense of Mykolaiv": https://novosti-n.org/ua/news/U-Mykolayevi-prezentuvaly-medal-Za-oboronu-Mykolayeva-pershyh-pretendentiv-nagorodyat-u-zhovtni-276094

This is the medal of the Main Directorate of Intelligence "For Courage in the Performance of Special Tasks".

Hi. Initially, it was a commercial medal, but later the design of the medal was used for the "Defender of Ukraine" medal of the Ministry of Defense. Recently, the design was changed again and now it has a different look.

It`s the Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir of Russian Empire.

Both medals are of the Main Directorate of Intelligence. The first is the "Honorable Distinction", the second is the "For Combat Merit" medal.

These are the names of the recipients.

There is a new law: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z1112-23?fbclid=IwAR1iPBfgV0ylnA477CyhG5DG2JDAUq8HOBVZHKrQtdaSNojki2jnEj8Bnjw#n15

Medal of the Commander of the Operational Group of Troops "Zaporizhzhia" "For the defense of Zaporizhzhia" (За оборону Запоріжжя)

Hi. Most medals made of bronze, but there are three medal is silver it's: Medal For Military Service to Ukraine (Медаль За військову службу Україні), Medal for Lifesaving (Медаль За врятоване життя) and Medal for work and achievement (Медаль За працю і звитягу). There are some orders in silver too.

Are the both medals for civilians? Maybe it's two different medals, one for military, second for civilians.

This happens because the laws are not changed in time when it is needed, various departments bypass or ignore the instructions at their discretion and instead of prohibiting them from doing this or changing the laws, they do not pay attention to the violations. This is my new article about it: https://www.ukrmilitary.com/2023/04/vidomchi-nagorody.html?m=1 As far about Medal "For the Defence of Ukraine" the process begun for both military and civilian: https://lviv1256.com/news/viyskovykh-103-i-bryhady-teroborony-nahorodyly-vidznakoiu-za-oboronu-ukrainy/ and: https://vsim.ua/Podii/eks-lisivnika-zi-slavuti-nagorodili-medallyu-za-oboronu-ukrayini-11779697.html

Of course, there are awards with wider ribbons, especially in the Ministry of Defense, but they established new awards in violation of existing laws and instructions, the standard for the width of the ribbon has not changed, it is still 28 mm, 35 is a violation that is not paid attention to.

Hi, John. Yes, 28 mm is standart, but there is a desire to change this, so there are sometimes we have projects designs for medals with a wider ribbon. Now we have the medal "25 years of independence of Ukraine" with ribbon 35 mm.

Perhaps you are right, but the document says that the award is from the Chief of the Kharkiv Garrison, so I don't know if it's a regional award or a military one.

Medal "For the Liberation of Kharkiv Region". I do not know who established this medal.

I think it's not true combination for the medal but interesting.

Another city award "Defender of Rubizhne" (Захисник Рубіжного) Luhansk region.

Around 2020-2021, the design of the award was changed and the name remained the same.

Award of Severodonetsk District State Administration "Ukraine, Holy Mother of Heroes" (Україна свята мати героїв):https://popasnaya.city/articles/230359/prezentuvali-vidznaku-vid-syevyerodoneckoi-rajderzhadministracii-hto-mozhe-otrimati-

This was done by a group of non-official people for all those who defended this region.

The public medal "For the defense of Kyiv and the Kyiv region" (За оборону Києва та Київської області). On the reverse - Kyiv, Bucha, Irpin, Gostomel, Borodyanka, Makariv, Ivankiv, Vasylkiv, Chornobyl (Київ, Буча, Ірпінь, Гостомель, Бородянка, Макарів, Іванків, Васильків, Чорнобиль). There are two different types of the medal with different ribbons and the last city on the reverse - Chornobyl (Чорнобиль) / Brovary (Бровари)

It is very sad, your son is a hero, he will forever remain in our hearts. Most likely, he will be awarded the Order of Courage.

This medal is rarely received, usually the wounded receive other awards, such as the "Defender of Ukraine" or "For Military Service to Ukraine" medals. Most of the dead are awarded the Order "For Courage" of the 3rd class.

Medal of the Kharkiv City Council "For the Defense of the Hero City of Ukraine Kharkiv" (За оборону міста-героя України Харкова): https://izvestia.kharkov.ua/obshchestvo/u-kharkovi-komunalnykam-vruchyly-medali-za-oboronu-mista/