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A lone mourner among the graves of Ukraine’s fallen: A remarkable image shows a woman standing in Kharkiv’s ‘field of sorrows’ as war rages on and casualties rise above 100,000
- An image has captured a forest of Ukrainian flags in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine.
- It comes as up to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the fighting.
Dressed in black and seemingly alone in a forest of blue and yellow Ukrainian flags, a woman stands at the graveside of a fallen soldier… maybe her son, maybe her husband.
The scene under gray skies near Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine highlights the human cost of the country’s stubborn resistance to Vladimir Putin’s bloody invasion.
Each of the flags, so numerous that they cover the horizon, marks a grave. More than 7,000 civilians have been killed since Russia launched its attack in February last year, while nearly 12,000 more have been injured in the conflict.
In December, Ukrainian officials said that up to 13,000 of their soldiers had been killed in the fighting.
The comments were a response to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who had estimated that Ukraine had suffered 100,000 casualties. Ukraine has been reluctant to reveal its military casualty figures, believing the information would be useful to Russia.