Funerals have been taking place throughout Ukraine as bodies are brought back from front lines and recovered from sites of clashes, bombings or other incidents.
They hoisted the coffins into a pair of beat-up Humvees, then began the slow trek from the church to the village cemetery, past a muddy stream, railroad tracks and a stretch of woods.
Pallbearers carry the casket of a Ukrainain soldier outside the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Starychi on Wednesday.Tense expressions among the mourners betrayed a sense that this was only the beginning.
A funeral procession carrying the casket of two Ukrainain soldiers makes its way through the streets of Starychi. On Wednesday, authorities were still digging up remains at the site of the weekend’s Russian missile strikes, said Volodymyr Yaroslavovych, mayor of the municipality of Novoyavorivsk, which includes Starychi. Like many others here, he is both appreciative of the support from the United States and its allies, and insistent that a no-fly zone is needed to neutralize Russia’s aerial superiority — a position also pushed by Zelensky.
“I think that none of the NATO countries alone would stand in war against Russia for more than a week,” the mayor said. “There is no country in the world that is so united and has such a high spirit for victory as Ukraine.” “We have vowed to these two warriors that we will banish Russians from our land,” the commander said. “That is our promise.”Advertisement
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