Tribute to the Fallen in Kyiv

Video. WATCH: Kyiv pays tribute to fallen volunteer soldiers

A ceremony was held in Kyiv on Tuesday for Ukrainian volunteers who were killed in fighting since 2014 when Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and Russia-backed separatists started an insurgency in the eastern Donbas region.

A ceremony was held in Kyiv on Tuesday for Ukrainian volunteers who were killed in fighting since 2014 when Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and Russia-backed separatists started an insurgency in the eastern Donbas region.

People gathered at a memorial wall to remember those who have lost their lives, with a priest leading the ritual in their honour.