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- CAPTION CORRECTS FAMILY NAME OF SOLDIER A woman kneels at activist and soldier Roman Ratushnyi's coffin during his memorial service in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 18, 2022. Ratushnyi died in a battle near Izyum, where Russian and Ukrainian troops are fighting for control of the area. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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In Ukraine, funeral for activist killed and mourned in war
By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press
Sat,06/18/22-8:02AM , 391 Reads
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Poppies, the blood-red flowers that cover the battlefields of Europe's two world wars, were lain in mourning Saturday on the coffin of yet another dead soldier, this one killed in yet another European war, in Ukraine.
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- Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron watch debris as they visit Irpin, outside Kyiv, Thursday, June 16, 2022. The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania arrived in Kyiv on Thursday in a show of collective European support for the Ukrainian people as they resist Russia's invasion, marking the highest-profile visit to Ukraine's capital since Russia invaded its neighbor. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)
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Kyiv Diary: European leaders bear witness to war's horror
By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press
Thu,06/16/22-6:11AM , 530 Reads
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Before the ceremony and the serious meetings about war, the European leaders witnessed the devastation wrought by Russia. A must.
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- Stand-up comics Serhiy Lipko and Anastasia Zukhvala embrace during an interview with The Associated Press on their wedding day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Lipko and Zukhvala are among those using humor as a weapon, and to keep spirits up. But he'll soon have a real weapon in his hands, because he's going into battle. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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War isn't funny but humor helps Ukrainians cope with trauma
By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press
Tue,06/14/22-1:20AM , 894 Reads
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Because he'll shortly be deployed as a soldier on the battlefields of Ukraine, Serhiy Lipko and Anastasia Zukhvala chose to marry first, like a growing number of couples being torn asunder by war with Russia.
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- A street musician performs in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 10, 2022. With war raging on fronts to the east and south, the summer of 2022 is proving bitter for the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. The sun shines but sadness and grim determination reign. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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War, guilt and last kisses: A deceptive, uneasy calm in Kyiv
By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press
Sat,06/11/22-2:17AM , 692 Reads
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In the outdoor gym on Venice Beach, the name given to an inviting stretch of sand on the majestic Dnieper River that courses through the capital of Ukraine, Serhiy Chornyi is working on his summer body, up-down-up-downing a chunky hunk of iron.
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