Ukraine bids farewell to fallen opera conductor

Ukrainian service members hold a national flag over a coffin with the body of their brother-in-arms Kostiantyn Starovytskyi, conductor, musician and serviceman, who was recently killed in a fight against Russian troops in Donetsk region, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, during a funeral ceremony at a cemetery in the town of Brovary, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine April 11, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

BROVARY, Ukraine (Reuters) - Tearful mourners bid farewell on Tuesday to a celebrated Ukrainian opera conductor who was killed fighting Russian forces in eastern Ukraine.

Kostiantyn Starovytskyi, who joined the military after Russia's February 2022 invasion, died last week near the city of Kramatorsk.