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Kyiv, Ukraine – 30 January 2025
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Kyiv, Ukraine – 30 January 2025
1. Various of soldiers carrying a coffin with the body of a 19-year-old Polish volunteer soldier, Filip Antosiak towards St. Michael’s Golden Domed Monastery in Kyiv
2. Wide of the monastery
3. Close of candles
4. Various of a funeral service for Antosiak in the presence of his parents, diplomats from Polish embassy and members of his unit
5. The parents of Antosiak kissing his head
6. Various of soldiers leaving the monastry with the body of Antosiak
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelika Kuza, mother of Filip Antosiak:
"I’m so proud of him. He was so helpful for people and we think he did a lot. I have so many words, but at the moment its so difficult for me to say something. He always wanted to be a soldier and he came here to help people."
8. Various of members of 25th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine honouring Antosiak at Independence Square
9. Wide of family, friends and soldiers
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Marcin Antosiak, father of Filip Antosyak:
"He loved his team, always, he say the people are very, very nice.
He loved the capital (Kyiv). When we ask him, do you want to come home for a visit? He say, always, no I (don’t) have time, I have to stay here because they need me. Filip was a very, very good person."
11. Close of a photo of Antosiak
12. Various of family, friends and soldiers saying their goodbyes
13. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Olga (last name not given) member of 25th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
"He spent a little time with us, 3 or 4 months with me in particular, so I can’t say anything bad about him at all. He was a good person, a child and a man."
14. Various of Antosiak’s parents adding a Polish flag to a memorial for fallen soldiers in Independence Square in Kyiv
STORYLINE:
Ukrainian soldiers, family and mourners gathered in Kyiv on Thursday to pay tribute to a Polish volunteer soldier killed fighting against Russian forces.
An open casket, outdoor service was held in Kyiv’s Independence Square for Filip Antosiak, a 19-year-old member of the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who was killed near Myrnohrad, Pokrovsky district on Jan. 19.
Fellow soldiers carried the coffin to St. Michael’s Golden Domed Monastery in Kyiv for the funeral, attended by dozens of family, friends and soldiers who came to say their last goodbyes.
Filip Antosiak’s mother, Angelika Kuza, said she was "so proud" of her son.
"He always wanted to be a soldier and he came here to help people," she said.
Marcin Antosiak, father of Filip Antosiak, said he loved his fellow soldiers and the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv.
"When we ask him, do you want to come home for a visit? He say, always, no I (don’t) have time, I have to stay here because they need me," he said.
Another fellow soldier, Olga, praised Antosiak, calling him "a good person."
Another four people were killed and nine were injured, including a child, following a Russian strike on Wednesday night which hit a residential building in Ukraine’s Sumy region, officials said.
AP Video by Srdjan Nedeljkovic.
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