(25 Aug 2023)
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Kharkiv, Ukraine - 24 August 2023
1. Various of cemetery for fallen Ukrainian soldiers
HEADLINE: KHARKIV RESIDENTS HONOR FALLEN SOLDIERS
ANNOTATION: Kharkiv residents have honored killed Ukrainian soldiers on the country’s Independence Day.
2. Various of soldier's mother cleaning grave of her son
ANNOTATION: Kateryna Krotchenko is cleaning the grave of her son Serhii, who decided to fight when Russia’s full-scale invasion started.
3. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Kateryna Krotchenko, mother of fallen soldier Serhii Krotchenko:
"We must always remember them. Because they did not regret their lives, and left such young and beautiful people who could have lived and created a lot for our country. But they paid the price with their lives so that we could live ours and our country could be independent."
4. Various of cemetery, flags
ANNOTATION: Serhii was killed near Bakhmut in November.
5. Various of destroyed Kharkiv Regional Military Administration building with poster reading (Ukrainian): "Happy Independence Day, the strongest nation!"
ANNOTATION: Other residents celebrated nearby in Freedom Square at the destroyed Kharkiv Regional Military Administration.
STORYLINE:
Kharkiv residents on Thursday honored killed Ukrainian soldiers on the country's Independence Day.
Kateryna Krotchenko travelled to a cemetery to clean the grave of her son Serhii.
"They paid the price of their lives so that we could live and our country could be independent," Korotchenko said.
Serhii Krotchenko was a volunteer and decided to fight when Russia's full-scale invasion started.
He was killed near Bakhmut in November.
Nearby in Freedom Square, other residents went to the destroyed Kharkiv Regional Military Administration to celebrate Independence Day.
AP video shot by Vasilisa Stepanenko.
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