(10 Mar 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyiv - 10 March 2023
1. Wide of St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery
2. Various of Dmytro Kotsiubailo, "Da Vinci", Hero of Ukraine, in coffin
3. Various of people inside monastery
4. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talking to family of "Da Vinci" near coffin
5. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin talking to family of "Da Vinci" near coffin
6. Mid of coffin
7. Various of people crying
8. Close of portrait of Dmytro "Da Vinci" Kotsiubailo
9. Various of people on their knees near the monastery
10. Various of servicemen carrying coffin
11. Close of military car with portrait of "Da Vinci"
12. Various of people following the coffin in procession
13. Close of servicemen carrying the Ukrainian flag
14. Various of Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov on their knees near the coffin
15. Various of mother crying near coffin
16. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
"It's a pity, we had a lot of plans with you (Dmytro 'Da Vinci' Kotsiubailo). You and I had many dreams, which we realised little by little. But you must be sure that we will not only take revenge, we will definitely win."
17. Mid of Zaluzhnyi paying respect near coffin
18. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oleksii Reznikov, Minister of Defense of Ukraine:
"On this square, since 2014, when the enemy started a war against us, we saw off many defenders, and every time 'Plyve Kacha' (Ukrainian sad folk song) sounded here. And every time I wanted to say that this damn war should end only with our victory, because we cannot allow our children, grandchildren to end this war. We have to complete it here in Ukraine and win, and for this award we pay dearly."
19. Wide of Reznikov paying respect near coffin
20. Various of family crying near coffin
21. Various of woman crying near coffin
22. Close of Ukrainian flag
23. Various of people on the Independence Square
STORYLINE:
Thousands of people turned out in central Kyiv on Friday to bid farewell to one of Ukraine’s best-known fighters and commanders, Dmytro Kotsiubailo, who was killed a few days earlier at the age of 27 near the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was among the mourners at St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in central Kyiv, along with Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin who was in the Ukrainian capital on an unannounced visit.
Top Ukrainian officials, including the Defence Minister and the heads of the intelligence service and the armed forces, were also in attendance.
Zelenskyy shared the news of Kotsiubailo's death on Telegram, calling him a “hero of Ukraine, volunteer, man-symbol, man-courage.”
Kotsiubailo joined a nationalist volunteer unit in 2014 as a teenager after what became known as the Maidan Revolution, or the Revolution of Dignity.
Many mourners arrived with flowers, and the crowd knelt as Kotsiubailo’s coffin was carried out of the church to Maidan Square.
After the service, Zelenskyy and Marin laid flowers at the Wall of Remembrance near St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral, honouring the memory of fallen soldiers with a minute of silence.
AP Video by Vasilisa Stepanenko
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