epa11695985 Relatives, friends and comrades of late Ukrainian serviceman Andriy Romaniuk attend his farewell ceremony in Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) in Kyiv, Ukraine, 01 November 2024, amid the Russian invasion. Andriy Romaniuk, callsign 'Vorobey (Sparrow)', who was a former activist in Ukraine's anti-government protests in 2014, took part in 'anti-terrorist' operations in the Donetsk region. After the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, he joined the volunteer unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces's 49th Assault Battalion 'Carpathian Sich'. He was killed in action near Toretsk in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region on 28 October 2024. Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory on 24 February 2022, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO
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epa11695985 Relatives, friends and comrades of late Ukrainian serviceman Andriy Romaniuk attend his farewell ceremony in Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) in Kyiv, Ukraine, 01 November 2024, amid the Russian invasion. Andriy Romaniuk, callsign 'Vorobey (Sparrow)', who was a former activist in Ukraine's anti-government protests in 2014, took part in 'anti-terrorist' operations in the Donetsk region. After the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, he joined the volunteer unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces's 49th Assault Battalion 'Carpathian Sich'. He was killed in action near Toretsk in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region on 28 October 2024. Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory on 24 February 2022, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO
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