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Halya Coynash: Remembering the victims of Putin’s Ilovaisk treachery
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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.