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Young Ukrainian woman Olga (C) wears a dress in the country's national flag colors and a camouflage jacket of her fallen brother as she walks with her friend Anastasia (behind) on the Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, 15 November 2023 amid the Russian invasion. They arrived from the city of Sumy to commemorate Olga's late brother Sergiy Myroshychenko who served with the 79th Air Assault Brigade and died near Maryinka in August 2023. They planned to place a flag with his name on it among thousands of similar flags placed on the square in commemoration of Ukrainian soldiers killed in action. Olga who made her dress for this special occasion and her friend also handed in a petition requesting her brother to be honored with a “Hero of Ukraine” award. Russian troops entered Ukraine in February 2022 starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. (Photo by Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA/EFE)
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