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‘I will be proud of you forever’: A funeral in east Ukraine

Mayor Ruslan Trebushkin kneels while presenting the Ukrainian flag to Lilia Panchenko, the mother of Oleh Panchenko, during his burial service in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Ukrainian solider Oleh Panchenko, 48, was killed in battle with Russian forces July 27 in the Donetsk region. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Lesya Akhmadeeva leans over to kiss her uncle, Oleh Panchenko, goodbye during his burial service in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Panchenko, 48, a Ukrainian soldier, was killed in battle with Russian forces July 27 in the Donetsk region. (AP Photo/David Goldman) The caskets of Serhiy Marchenko, left, and Oleh Panchenko, are lowered during their burial service as family members look on in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Ukrainian soldiers Marchenko, 26, and Panchenko, 48, were killed in battle with Russian forces in the Donetsk region. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Family members grieve over the casket of Serhiy Marchenko during his burial in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Marchenko, 26, a Ukrainian soldier, was fighting in an artillery squad in the Donetsk region when he was killed on July 28. (AP Photo/David Goldman) The caskets of Serhiy Marchenko, left, and Oleh Panchenko, rear, are lowered during their burial service as family members look on in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Ukrainian soldiers Marchenko, 26, and Panchenko, 48, were killed in battle with Russian forces in the Donetsk region. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Cemetery workers cover the caskets of Serhiy Marchenko and Oleh Panchenko following their burial service next to other recently killed Ukrainian soldiers in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Marchenko, 26, and Panchenko, 48, were killed in battle with Russian forces in the Donetsk region. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Ruslana Panchenko, holds a photo of her father, Oleh, as she stands over his casket with Oleh's mother, Lilia, during his burial service in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Panchenko, 48, a Ukrainian soldier, was killed in battle with Russian forces July 27 in the Donetsk region. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Ruslana Panchenko, places her hand on the head of her father, Oleh, as she stands over his casket with Oleh's mother, Lilia, during his burial service in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Panchenko, 48, a Ukrainian soldier, was killed in battle with Russian forces July 27 in the Donetsk region. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Flowers surround a photo of Oleh Panchenko next to his grave during his burial service in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Panchenko, 48, a Ukrainian soldier, was killed in battle with Russian forces July 27 in the Donetsk region. (AP Photo/David Goldman) The graves of recently killed Ukrainian soldiers line a cemetery as a gravedigger covers the casket of Serhiy Marchenko following his burial service in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Marchenko, 26, was killed in battle July 28 with Russian forces in the Donetsk region. (AP Photo/David Goldman) The graves of recently killed Ukrainian soldiers line a cemetery as a gravedigger covers the casket of Serhiy Marchenko following his burial service in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Marchenko, 26, was killed in battle July 28 with Russian forces in the Donetsk region. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Lilia Panchenko, left, says her final goodbye to her son, Oleh, as family members say goodbye to Serhiy Marchenko at right during their joint burial service in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Ukrainian soldiers Marchenko, 26, and Panchenko, 48, were killed in battle with Russian forces in the Donetsk region. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Lilia Panchenko says her final goodbye to her son, Oleh, during his burial service in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Oleh Panchenko, 48, a Ukrainian soldier, was killed in battle with Russian forces July 27 in the Donetsk region. (AP Photo/David Goldman) A cemetery worker places a cross on the grave of Serhiy Marchenko following his burial in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Marchenko, 26, a Ukrainian soldier who was fighting in an artillery squad in the Donetsk region when he was killed on July 28. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Lilia Panchenko, right, is pulled away as she says her final goodbye to her son, Oleh, along with his daughter, Ruslana, before his casket is covered during his burial service in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Panchenko, 48, a Ukrainian soldier, was killed in battle with Russian forces on July 27 in the Donetsk region. (AP Photo/David Goldman) CAPTION CORRECTS NAME OF CITY Ruslana Panchenko drops a handful of dirt on the casket of her father, Oleh, during his burial service in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Ukrainian soldier Oleh Panchenko, 48, was killed in battle with Russian forces July 27 in the Donetsk region. (AP Photo/David Goldman) CAPTION CORRECTS NAME OF CITY Lilia Panchenko is pulled away by her husband, Anatolii, right, as she says her final goodbye to their son, Oleh, along with his daughter, Ruslana, left, before his casket is covered during his burial service in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Ukrainian soldier Oleh Panchenko, 48, was killed July 27 by Russian forces fighting in the Donetsk region. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
‘I will be proud of you forever’: A funeral in east Ukraine