Relatives and friends bid farewell to late Ukrainian serviceman Andrii Trachuk
epa11030763 Comrades of late Ukrainian serviceman Andrii Trachuk carry his coffin during his farewell ceremony at Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) in Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine, 15 December 2023. Andrii Trachuk, nicknamed Slon (Elephant), was an activist in the anti-government protests on the Maidan in 2014 and died in the fighting in the Kherson region amid the ongoing Russian invasion. Russian troops entered Ukraine in February 2022 starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO
