President's re-election pitch resonates in heartland of Ukraine's revolution

FILE PHOTO: Ihor Konchevych is seen near a grave of his brother at a Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - At a cemetery in western Ukraine, a tall, grey-haired man lights candles and kisses the gravestone of his 35-year-old brother Taras, whose death, he said, changed his mind about who should win this month's presidential election.

Taras, a medical volunteer, was killed in 2015 rescuing wounded soldiers near Debaltseve during the government's five-year-old conflict in eastern Ukraine against Kremlin-backed rebels, his brother Ihor Konchevych said.