Funerals held in Poltava, Ukraine, for victims of Russian attack on military training facility
(7 Sep 2024)
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Poltava, Ukraine - 7 September 2024
1. Various of church with mourners gathered outside
2. Ukrainian flag being draped over coffin
3. Women crying over coffin
4. Various of woman leaning against coffin crying
5. Various of family and friends crying and saying last goodbyes
6. Wide of coffins, military standing
7. Woman weeping by coffin
8. Priest walks past mourners with incense
9. Various of soldiers walking in procession, carrying photos of the dead and coffins
10. Vehicles with coffins leave
11. Wide of small flags planted in ground
12. Various of vehicles arriving at cemetery
13. Various of people gathered for ceremony at cemetery
14. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Viktoria Samoilichenko, friend of family of Andriy Nazarenko, who was recently killed:
“Russia has stepped up missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, many targeting energy infrastructure in areas around the country but also including deadly strikes in residential areas.“
15. Wide of burial plot, people standing nearby
16. Coffin being carried
17. Various of gun salute UPSOUND: gunfire
18. Wide of burial ground
19. Priest throwing earth into graves
20. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Ihor (last name not given), relative of victim:
“He was a loving father, constantly in contact with his children, worrying about them. He was constantly thinking several steps ahead, but life didn’t allow him to fulfil his plans. He was nearly 50. He didn’t have time to live to the age of 50 by 20 days. On 23rd of September he should have had his birthday. He is a great man.”
21. Various of mourners throwing earth into graves
22. Relatives of Sergii Dyudyuk, who was killed, hugging; in the background flowers put on new graves
STORYLINE:
A funeral service was held on Saturday in the Ukrainian city of Poltava for victims of a Russian missile attack on a military training facility, which left 55 dead and injured 328 people, in one of the deadliest Russian strikes since the war began.
Hundreds of mourners – grieving families, local residents, and officials – gathered at the Cathedral of the Assumption in the city, some 350 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Kyiv, for the sombre ceremony.
Sobbing relatives, many holding red carnations, stood over the caskets placed outside the church and draped in yellow-and-blue Ukrainian flags.
Viktoria Samoilichenko, a friend of the family of victim Andriy Nazarenko, noted an increase in Russian strikes on residential areas.
Russia has intensified missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, targeting energy infrastructure across the country and causing deadly strikes in residential areas.
The attacks have underscored Moscow’s long-range capabilities as Ukraine braces for what will likely be another difficult winter as Russia continues to smash Ukraine’s power grid, knocking out some 70% of generation capacity and rupturing heat and water supplies.
The sound of explosions thundered over the Ukrainian capital overnight as multiple Russian attack drones were intercepted by the city’s air defenses. No injuries or serious damage were reported.
AP video shot by Alex Babenko
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