Alexander J. Motyl: Dying for the Donbas?
Grieving friends and relatives pay their last respects to Ukrainian paratrooper Igor Branovitsky, 38, killed during fighing in the conflict in east Ukraine at a funeral ceremony in Mikhaylovsky Cathedral in Kyiv on April 3, 2015.
Just about every day, soldiers die. Sometimes, it’s as many as three or four. Sometimes, it’s two or three. Usually, it’s only one.
