Friends, family mourn Bucha victim who became symbol of Ukraine's year-long war


Svitlana Safonova, 60, visit the grave of her sister Iryna Filkina, 52, along with Iryna's partner Anatoliy Shchyruk in Bucha, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

BUCHA, Ukraine/VILNIUS (Reuters) - The brightly painted nails were what gave the identity of the body away.

Iryna Filkina was 52 when she was killed in the first days of the war in Ukraine.

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