Special envoy to kyiv, Kharkiv and Kupiansk
The blue and yellow flags of Ukraine, sometimes bearing the crest of the deceased's regiment, flap by the hundreds in the icy wind that sweeps the Kharkiv cemetery.
The graves with freshly turned earth are lined up in chronological order, according to the date of the soldier's death.
The month of January is just ending and the corresponding line already has more than thirty.
Since February 24, 2022, the date of the start of the Russian invasion launched by Vladimir Putin in Ukraine, 30 rows of 30 graves have been added to the cemetery: 900 graves of soldiers killed in combat, 37 per month, in the country's second city , which has 1.4 million inhabitants.
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Ella places a bouquet of mimosa next to the frozen flowers placed on the grave of her husband, Dmitro, who fell on May 17, 2023 in the Kreminna forest, in Donbass.
As she stands up, the young widow can no longer hold back her tears, which burst forth in a sob.
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Dmitro was 49 years old.
He had voluntarily engaged in…
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