epa10382668 Relatives, friends, and comrades attend the funeral ceremony for Ukrainian serviceman Oleksandr Afanasiev in Kyiv, Ukraine, 30 December 2022. Oleksandr was a former Ukrainian political prisoner in Russia, arrested after annexation of Crimea, and later exchanged. Russian troops entered Ukraine on 24 February resulting in fighting and destruction in the country and triggering a series of severe economic sanctions on Russia by Western countries. EPA/OLEG PETRASYUK
