{"id":1364660,"date":"2026-03-03T09:54:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/march-2-marks-gleb-babichs-birthday-and-poroshenko-shared-touching-memories-of-his-brother\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:54:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:54:59","slug":"march-2-marks-gleb-babichs-birthday-and-poroshenko-shared-touching-memories-of-his-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/march-2-marks-gleb-babichs-birthday-and-poroshenko-shared-touching-memories-of-his-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2 marks Gleb Babich’s birthday, and Poroshenko shared touching memories of his brother."},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is the birthday of poet and soldier Gleb Babich. He died in July 2022 near Izyum in the Kharkiv region. On the second day of spring, friends and fellow soldiers remember Gleb and bring flowers to his grave.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

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“To be close, just to be silent. This was once our everyday routine. How much I miss it now, my friend. Your well-aimed words, your jokes, your glance that could say even more,” Petro Poroshenko writes on social media<\/a> . <\/p>\n

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” Gleb Babich<\/a> is one of the people closest to me. Ever since we first met in Yekaterinovka in 2018, at the positions of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, our collaboration and friendship began. This includes developing the veterans’ community of the NGO Res_Publica, Brothers in Arms, assistance to the front, and even military-technical developments,” Poroshenko writes. <\/p>\n

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“When Gleb appeared in the office, everyone came alive. Laughter and conversation erupted. We loved reading his poems, and we still do. Because it’s hard to describe the war more succinctly than he did. Deep and to the core. He was just as talented at killing orcs, spending six years at the front. He loved Ukraine more than anything,” Petro Poroshenko recalls. <\/p>\n

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“For our team, for me, it’s important to cherish the memory of Gleb. Not only his death in battle, but also his life. Today, Gleb would have turned 57. Thank you for living as few can. Honestly. Sincerely. You wrote hundreds of poems, did so much for the front, your comrades, and for Ukraine. I believe that now you are that angel watching over us from heaven, protecting and guiding us in our struggle,” the fifth president is convinced.<\/p>\n

“The Earth must be maintained by the living. Here in paradise, there are already enough children and heroes. You see, a good omen\u2014despite the war, the storks have returned to their nests. Well then. I’ll go help. Give me a pixel and a weapon.” While you’re up there in heaven, we’ll hold on to our land as long as we can. We’re working, brother,” Poroshenko writes.<\/p>\n

Until 2019, Gleb Babich was a platoon commander in the 10th Separate Assault Brigade. After February 24, 2022, he became a member of the Kyiv Troops. He has composed over 500 songs and poems. The band Kozak System performs songs based on his poems, including “Give Urugu,” “Strength and Weapon,” “Enough Sad Songs,” “Freedom Like Love,” “Molfar,” “Those Who Hold the Sky Above Christmas,” and “Don’t Leave.” <\/p>\n

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Gleb Babich implemented numerous projects to assist the army. The optical reconnaissance systems he designed along the front lines saved the lives of many Ukrainian soldiers. The veterans’ organization “Res_Publika. Brothers in Arms” now bears his name, and its members have been fighting on the front lines since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. <\/p>\n

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In October 2023, a Kyiv citizen initiative group proposed<\/a> renaming Kanalna Street in honor of Gleb Babich. A vote was held on the Kyiv Digital app. In January 2024, the Kyiv City Council passed a resolution renaming the street in honor of the Hero and Poet. A year earlier , the former 8 Marta Street, located in the Zavodsky District of Gleb Babich’s hometown of Mykolaiv, was renamed<\/a> in his honor.<\/p>\n

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