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Halya Coynash: Remembering the victims of Putin’s Ilovaisk treachery
On August 29, Ukrainians honoured the memory of all those soldiers killed exactly two years ago in the Ilovaisk Battle in which Russian President Vladimir Putin played a major – and treacherous - role. According to official figures, 366 Ukrainian soldiers died during those last days of August, with a further 429 wounded. 128 were taken prisoner and 158 are missing, believed dead.
