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Funeral in Kyiv for Ukrainian serviceman Bizhan Sharopov

epa10533543 Mourners kneel during the funeral ceremony for Ukrainian serviceman Bizhan Sharopov in Kyiv, Ukraine, 20 March 2023 amid the Russian invasion. Ukrainian scientific biologist and military man Bizhan Sharopov was considered missing near the Eastern Ukrainian city of Izyum since April 2022 after he returned to the army at the start of the Russian invasion. Bizhan Sharopov defended his candidate of science thesis in 2019, began teaching and was the head of the Council of Young Scientists of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine. He was an active participant in the Revolution of Dignity and fought in the Lugansk region in 2014-2015. 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/SERGEY DOLZHENKO

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