Ukrainian mourners ignore missile risks to attend military funerals

People attend the funeral ceremony of colonel Yuriі Kozhukhar, 54, and sergeant Kostiantyn Deriuhin, 44, who were killed in battle during Russia's attack on Ukraine, at Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv, Ukraine, March 27, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - The clouds of black smoke hanging over Lviv's skyline had scarcely cleared overnight when mourners began gathering in Lviv on Sunday to bury Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war against Russia.

Even as firefighters hosed down an oil depot struck by rockets the day before, a crowd assembled at Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Ukraine's western capital, just 60km from the border with Poland.