Borys Hora, a well-known speleologist, guide, traveler and public figure from Ternopil, has been killed in the war.
His daughter Alina reported this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.
"On October 19, our father Borys Hora, the father of both me and Liubko Hora, was killed. We are awaiting the results of DNA testing," she said.
Borys Hora was born in Ternopil on March 10, 1969. In the 1990s, he founded the Krystal tourism club within the Plast scouting organization. He later settled in a village near Mlynky Cave, where he established a speleology base and worked as a guide. Among other activities, he organized rafting trips on the Dniester and Chornyi Cheremosh rivers, hiking trips in the Carpathians, and climbs in the Caucasus Mountains. He also volunteered and cared for animals.
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After Russia launched its full-scale invasion, Hora volunteered to join the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Photo: Alina Yarmakova/Facebook