The death of Roman Ratushnyi, 24, a prominent environmental campaigner who died while fighting the Russians, has come to symbolize the war’s heavy toll on society. There are funerals every day in Kyiv, but this one felt particularly poignant. Hundreds of friends and fellow activists, clad in Ukrainian flags, gathered on Saturday to pay tribute to Roman Ratushnyi, a prominent political and environmental campaigner who was recently killed fighting near Ukraine’s second-biggest city, Kharkiv. Thousands of young Ukrainians volunteered to join the army and its territorial defense forces when Russia launched its invasion on 24 February. And while the country has been successful in pushing back Russian forces, it is now suffering some of its worst losses since the start of the war. Between 100 and 200 Ukrainians are believed to be dying every day as the fighting turns into a prolonged war of attrition with no end in sight. Welcome to ‘UKRAINE MOURNS GOLDEN GENERATION’
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