This is an essay by prominent Ukrainian writer Yuriy Andrukhovych, dedicated to Ukrainian officer Mykhailo Zhuk who fell in combat in eastern Ukraine fighting against Russian-backed militants in January 2015. It is part of the Plus 1 project created to memorialize the fallen defenders of Ukraine.
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A woman with her daughter stand next to the memorial wall for soldiers killed in a recent conflict in eastern Ukraine during a commemorative ceremony to mark the Day of Remembrance of Ukraine's Defenders and the 6th anniversary of the Battle of Ilovaisk, in Kyiv on Aug. 29, 2020.
