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Ukraine's special military units search for fallen soldiers

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Jan-Philipp Scholz in Kharkiv, Ukraine
May 20, 2024

Special Ukrainian military units are searching for the bodies of fallen Ukrainian and Russian soldiers so that their families can bury them and have a place to mourn.

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