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People react during a nationwide minute of silence in memory of fallen soldiers, who defended their homeland in war with Russia, on Defenders Day at the improvised war memorial in Independence square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.
It initially reported that seven people were killed but later corrected that toll to six, saying a severely wounded person thought to be dead was in intensive care at a local hospital.have been taking place in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region where Russia’s army is pushing hard to take ground ahead of the winter.The Kherson region was one of four, also including Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia, that Moscow illegally annexed in September 2022 and is partly occupying.
Across Ukraine, traffic stopped and people on sidewalks came to a halt at 9 a.m. to commemorate those defending Ukraine and those who have sacrificed their lives for the country. “I hope future generations will never forget the price our loved ones paid for their freedom. … I hope Ukraine’s future will be bright,” his mother, Halyna Stashenko, said.Though no official or reliable statistics are available, tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are believed to have died fighting Russia over the past 10 years.