Ukraine ceasefire helps volunteers bring dead soldiers home

Tanks of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) forces drive along a road during a withdrawal, near the village of Bile in Luhansk region, Ukraine, October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

ZELENE POLE, Ukraine (Reuters) - A ceasefire in eastern Ukraine means more work for the volunteer group Black Tulip, which can now collect remains of Ukrainian soldiers killed in action without the risk of being caught in crossfire between rebels and government troops.

The group used to locate and rebury soldiers killed in World War Two, but when hundreds of Ukrainian troops were killed in the battle of Ilovaisk last year, the volunteers decided their skills could help more recent victims of conflict.