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Identification of fallen soldiers in Ukraine can take years

Oleksandra Jalynytj searched for her father for four years. She now finally has a grave to visit.

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Military burials in Ukraine, reflecting the ongoing conflict's toll. Dmytro Petishkin · Wikimedia Commons

In Ukraine, identifying soldiers killed in Russia’s war of aggression can take years, HBL reports. For one family, that long wait has now ended after Oleksandra Jalynytj learned where her father is buried.

Jalynytj spent four years searching for him. The grave gives her a place to go and remember him, underscoring the uncertainty many families still face when the dead remain unidentified during the war.

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Story based on reporting from the outlets above. Päivän Sanomat editorial rewrite.

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