(8 Nov 2024)
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Kyiv, Ukraine – 8 November 2024
1. Wide of soldiers getting ready to carry the coffin of Ukrainian serviceman of 3rd Assault Brigade Daniil Liashkevych, known as "Berserk", servicemen lighting flares in background
2. Various of Ukrainian servicemen holding flares during funeral
3. Wide of soldiers holding Ukrainian flag above coffins
4. Close of Ukrainian serviceman reading prayer
5. Wide of people reciting prayer
6. Mid of Ukrainian servicemen presenting national flag and 3rd Assault Brigade flag to the father of Liashkevych
7. Various of Ukrainian serviceman holding flag of the 3rd Assault Brigade
8. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) serviceman of 3rd Assault Brigade known by callsign “Dvyetshnik”:
“She (Valentyna Nahorna, known as "Valkyrie") was very genuine, regardless of who was talking to her, whether it was a colonel or a company commander, she was very sincere and real with everyone and I will miss her very much. She was also always incredibly enthusiastic and adventurous, shouting ‘I don’t know how to do this, but I’ll learn it in a day or so.’ I will miss that very much.”
9. Various of people by Liashkevych’s coffin paying respects
10. Liashkevych’s father hugging Liashkevych’s mother
11. Various of people attending funeral
12. Wide of people standing next to the crematorium
13. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) “Kostyl”, commander:
“He (Liashkevych) finally had a soulmate (Nagorna) who also wanted to fight with him and be as close to the war as possible. But this was their last time together and no one is safe from that.”
14. Various of soldiers carrying coffin of Ukrainian medic Valentyna Nahorna, known as "Valkyrie"
15. Mid of Nahorna’s mother crying while she enters crematorium
16. Various of soldiers holding the national flag above coffin
17. Various of Nahorna’s mother morning near coffin
18. Various of people paying respects by Nahorna’s coffin
19. Various of soldiers holding portrait of Nahorna
20. Wide of funeral
21. Mid of people leaving after funeral
STORYLINE:
A crowd of mourners lit torches and intoned a military chant to honour a Ukrainian medic and a soldier who fell in love while on the frontlines of the war and died together in a Russian shelling attack.
The funeral took place Friday at Kyiv’s crematorium, a cavernous and grimly modern building often used for funerals of the war dead.
Valentyna Nahorna, whose callsign was “Valkiria”, volunteered as a medic at the start of the war.
She and Daniil Liashkevych, known as “Berserk”, fell in love just a few months ago, their friends and comrades said, but it helped them endure the war.
They both worked in the 3rd Assault Brigade, and were killed November 4.
Those gathered gave the chant that Ukrainian soldiers learn by heart when they first start training: "Burn with fire, life-giving, the weakness in my heart. Let me know no fear, nor doubt.”
Kostyl, who like many Ukrainian soldiers agreed to be identified only by his call sign, said meeting Valkyrie helped Berserk emerge from a dark time in his life.
“He finally had a soulmate who also wanted to fight with him and be as close to the war as possible, But this was their last time together, and no one is safe from that,” Kostyl said.
Dvyetshnik, a 3rd Brigade soldier who knew the medic better than her soldier companion, described her as fearless and willing to learn anything.
"She was very genuine, regardless of who was talking to her, whether it was a colonel or a company commander," he said.
"She was very sincere and real with everyone and I will miss her very much.”
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