Servicemen of the People's Militia of the Lugansk People's Republic fire a salute during a farewell ceremony for Lt Col Mikhail Kishchik, commander of the 11th territorial defence battalion, codenamed Chechen, on the Avenue of Glory in Lugansk, Lugansk People's Republic on April 19, 2022. Kishchik was killed while breaking out of encirclement outside Kreminna, 95km northwest of Lugansk. (Photo by Alexander Reka/TASS)
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