It's custom for Ukrainian residents to go to cemeteries on the primary Sunday after Orthodox Easter when every week of prayer for the useless begins.
Nonetheless, this yr the occasion held a good deeper that means, as households throughout Ukraine visited the graves of family members who misplaced their lives since Russia's full-scale invasion started in February 2022.
Individuals historically convey meals to the cemetery and eat and drink by the graves of their family members and associates as they bear in mind them.
Within the central metropolis of Kryvyi Rih, many who came around their family members additionally paid a go to to a brand new part of the principle cemetery.
“We bear in mind our family members. However earlier than we remembered grandfathers and grandmothers, those that already lived their lives, however this yr, this present day is uncommon as a result of, within the final yr, we now have buried lots of our associates and other people we all know," says Tatiana Platina, Kryvyi Rih resident visiting the graveyard.
For his half, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy additionally commented on the nation's fallen troopers in his nightly handle – saying that the continued battles would convey peace to Ukraine.
Zelenskyy additionally praised the Ukrainian brigades’ efforts in resisting Russian aggression, notably within the Donetsk area, in areas resembling Avdiivka, Maryinka, Bakhmut, Lyman and Siversk.
Ukrainian volunteers practice for counteroffensive
Coaching has begun for a brand new assault brigade within the Kharkiv area the place troops are getting ready for an anticipated counteroffensive.
Whereas most of the males in coaching have already served on the frontline, publicity to the warfare varies from individual to individual.
"We now have diversified experiences,” mentioned Maksym, a nationwide guard soldier. “The extra skilled taught those that had been much less skilled. Troopers shared their life hacks from working with armoured machines and weapons.”
“The troopers realized one thing they won't be taught wherever else. Subsequently, what the warfare taught them, no coaching centre or particular person can train them."