Today, February 1, the Ukrainians gather at the Maidan (Independence Square) to pay tribute to the Ukrainian troops, killed in the battle near Avdiyivka in Donbas, January 29.
These were the four soldiers of the 72nd mechanized brigade: Captain Andriy Kizilo, Lance Sergeant Volodymyr Balchenko, Private Dmytro Overchenko and Sergeant Volodymyr Kryzhansky, according to RFE/RL.
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