“Temporarily unidentified defender of Ukraine”: in the river buried 12 unknown soldiers

“Temporarily unidentified defender of Ukraine”: in the river buried 12 unknown soldiers

The families of these victims not passed the tests for identification.

Twelve died in the East of fighters whose names are still unknown, was buried today in the river, according to a story TSN.19:30.

The body of soldiers could not be identified. On the plates – only number and the inscription “temporarily unidentified defender of Ukraine”. Not here their home. Concerned strangers give the soldiers the last rites.

“With these guys, nobody else can say goodbye. That’s the hardest. They gave their lives, and there their loved ones. So every time I can not come,” says the woman at the funeral.

They are buried at the Alley of Heroes. 14 September is here already rested nearly three hundred of Ukrainian heroes.

These 12 men were killed during the fighting in the Donbass. The body was taken to the morgue of the Dnieper from different places since last year. Documents when the victims of war was not. And to identify the remains failed.

Unidentified Ukrainian soldiers killed in the area ATO, was buried in the river

TSN. 19:30
Yesterday, 19:59

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Body of soldiers it was impossible to know. Therefore, each allocated a DNA profile, and hope to establish their names and find family there. Most importantly, to the families of the missing passed the tests for identification. Soldiers are buried at the Alley of heroes. September 14, here already rested nearly three hundred of Ukrainian heroes.

“The genotypes and included in the unified database of DNA profiles of relatives of dead and missing. However, information on any match is missing”, – said the head of the Department of the Dnipropetrovsk regional state administration Irina Fedorchuk.

However hope to establish their names and to find friends there. The matches in the DNA database, more than half are buried here have ceased to be unknown. The body 117 of the family were taken to a small home. And 39 families decided that their sons and parents must stay here in the Alley of Heroes where once a stranger to people around the world said goodbye to their relatives.

By TSN correspondent Olga Pavlovskaya

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