

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. Ukrainian soldiers Marchenko, 26, and Panchenko, 48, were killed in battle with Russian forces in the Donetsk region.

“God, why are you taking our boys from us?” 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. “Our hero, I will be proud of you forever,” Panchenko’s mother, Lilia, said through fits of uncontrolled sobbing as she leant over her son, kissing his forehead. Marchenko, 26, a Ukrainian soldier who was fighting in an artillery squad in the Donetsk region when he was killed on July 28. A cemetery worker places a cross on the grave of Serhiy Marchenko following his burial in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. One casket was opened to reveal the military fatigues-clad body of 48-year-old Oleh Panchenko, which bore visible face injuries. 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) Family members grieve over the casket of Serhiy Marchenko during his burial in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. Panchenko, 48, a Ukrainian soldier, was killed in battle with Russian forces on July 27 in the Donetsk region. 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. ‘I will be proud of you forever’: A funeral in east UkraineĪround 50 mourners escorted two caskets draped in satin through a leafy cemetery in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region Thursday, family members of two soldiers killed last week on the nearby front.
