atrocities and the official adds, u.s. intelligence have given the matter an extremely high priority. well, ukraine s military has not released any combat figures about the number of ukrainian troops who have died here but clearly they are paying a high price and now they are opening a new cemetery to bury their dead here in lviv. cnn s jake tapper has more. reporter: grave diggers at the cemetery in lviv, western ukraine. today, had to break ground in a fresh field to make room for the new war dead. repurposing the cemetery s adjacent world war ii memorial. to find space for the influx. today, it s ukrainian army sergeant, 43, killed march 28th. and private, 33, killed on april 1st. both killed in lieu hlihansk in
few weeks ago. grave diggers at the cemetery in lviv, western ukraine, today had to break ground in a fresh field to make room for the new war dead. repurposing the cemetery s adjacent world war ii memorial. to find space for the influx. today it is ukrainian army sergeant, 43, killed march 28th. and private, 33, killed on april 1st. both killed in luhansk, both men called to service after the russians invaded. the soldiers families started this grim day at the saints peter and paul garrison church in lviv. as their caskets passed the crowds on the way into the church, their loved ones wept for those whom they lost to putin s invading army.
and sadly like wars before it, this conflict is creating work for priests and grave diggers. ben wedeman went to one soldier s funeral in odesa. reporter: lord have mercy goes the hymn s refrain. another family drinks of war s bitter dredges. 47-year-old yuri solemka died on the 18th of march from wounds sustained in the frontline city of mykolaiv. his mother, ludmila, struggles through the ceremony. every day there s another funeral during this time of death, destruction, and displacement. these are indeed the times that try a people s soul.
sadly before this conflict is creating work for priests as well as grave diggers. ben wedeman went to one soldier s funeral. translator: lord have mercy. reporter: another family drinks in war s bitter dredges. 47-year-old died on the 18th of march from wounds sustained in the city of miklaiv. his mother struggles through the ceremony. every day there is another funeral during this time of death, destruction, displacement. these are, indeed, the times that try people s soul. reporter: he was a volunteer, not a regular soldier. he was given full military
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