Ukrainians brave Russian-mined cemetery to mourn the dead

Natalia Evdokimova, 46, touches a photograph of her son Dmytro Evdokimov, 23, who was killed in a battlefield near Izium in Kharkiv region, as she mourns him beside his grave at the cemetery in Trostianets, Sumy region, Ukraine April 16, 2022. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

TROSTYANETS, Ukraine (Reuters) - The handmade sign on the gate warns "The cemetery is mined. Danger." but residents of the formerly occupied town of Trostyanets in northern Ukraine still come to visit the fresh graves of family killed in the war.

The graveyard in this town in Sumy region has only been partly made safe since Russian forces planted mines there as they pulled back in early April, cemetery manager Olena Matvienko said.