Ukraine war: Funeral held for battleground body collector
Ukraine war: Funeral held for battleground body collector Published 16 hours ago Share Related Topics Russia-Ukraine war IMAGE SOURCE, BBC/ED HABERSHON Image caption, Denys Sosnenko, who helped to recover bodies from battlegrounds, died when his van drove over a landmine By Andrew Harding in social bookmarking site list Slovyansk, Ukraine BBC News Against a backdrop of muffled booms from the frontlines to the south and east, people sank to their knees and threw roses in front of the van as it inched past them. Then, as the back door opened and a wooden coffin was pulled out, the sobbing began. "My son! Why?" cried Ludmilla Sosnenko, clutching her daughter for comfort. There have been many untimely, unexpected funerals in this northern Donbas town in recent months, but this one, unusually, was not for a soldier or a regular civilian. Denys Sosnenko - a 21-year-old former Ukrainian national kickboxing champion - volunteered last year to work as a body collector for a charita...