Members of the orchestra of the 101st Separate Guard Brigade of the General Staff rehearsing at their base in Kyiv. - Mauricio Lima/The New York Times
THREE gunshots rang out as an honour guard fired into the air over the snow-covered cemetery.
Soldiers lifted a Ukrainian flag from a coffin and handed it to family members.
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