(31 Dec 2023)
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Verkhovyna - 29 December 2023
1. Various of local residents kneeling to pay respects to the fallen officer Vasyl Medviychuk and his comrade Dmytro Dosiak
2. Wide of crowd mourning during funeral ceremony
3. Mid of mother of officer Medviychuk crying near coffin
4. Various of servicemen holding candles
5. Various of servicemen carrying coffins
6. Wide of local residents standing on their knees and holding the Ukrainian national flag
7. Mid of servicemen carrying coffin into house in the Carpathian mountains in Krasnyk village
6. Mid of people mourning inside house
7. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Vasyl Brovchuk, Head of Verkhovyna District Military Administration: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
“(It's a) pity, (it's a) pity. He was a real warrior, a real defender. We think each day about the progress in the war. Of course, we think about what will happen tomorrow. Unfortunately, the cost is high of all that. And it’s really a pity for Vasyl, pity all our guys. Unfortunately, during this week we buried our four warriors, residents of our district.”
8. Various of crowd and servicemen carrying coffin of Medviychuk, going to the church
9. Wide of crowd entering a church in Krasnyk village
10. Various of locals mourning in the church
11. Wide of people playing musical instruments, while going to cemetery
12. Mid of mother of officer Medviychuk crying near coffin
13. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Uliana Khimchenko, relative: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
“I can already see my child, although he is only two years old. But I see that he has the same spirit (as Vasyl Medviychuk) and I ask God, that when my child grows up, that he would not go and fight. I ask God for our children to live in peaceful land, for which our godfather (Vasyl Medviychuk was the godfather of Uliana's kid) died. “
14. Mid of servicemen turning flag
15. Wide of crowd singing Ukrainian national anthem
16. Mid of coffin in the ground, dirt being thrown
STORYLINE:
Ukrainian soldiers, family and mourners gathered on Friday for the funeral of two Ukrainian soldiers killed in the battlefield fighting Russian forces.
Outdoor service was held in Krasnyk village for Junior lieutenant Vasyl Medviichuk, 38, who was killed in Zaporizhzhia on Dec. 23 and his comrade senior lieutenant Dmytro Dosiak, 42, who was killed on Dec. 22.
AP Video by Volodymyr Yurchuk
Production by Alex Babenko
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