A Ukrainian paratrooper veteran cleans the monument to soldiers killed in Afghanistan in the 1979-1989 war to mark Paratrooper Day in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, August 2, 2015. Close to 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine's east since the beginning of a war conflict with pro-Russian separatists, some 1,000 soldiers more remained unidentified, according to Ukraine's Defense Ministry. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)
