killed by a mortar march 13th. translator: once joe joke that we would die otten same day and to be honest with you, it happened but he is in the ski sky and i am here. it s not leaving. you feel like you have dies, as well? yes, together, with him. when he died i felt it. i knew something had happened. i got the fall call in the early morning but i already felt it. it is the worst moment of my life. does it help to to be here? this is our tra decision to remember to were remembering day but in zbrgeneral, i come everyo or three days, i talk to him and tell him what is going on in my life.
soldier killed by a mortar march 13th. translator: once we joked that we would die on the same day and to be honest with you, it happened. but he s in the sky. and i m here. it s not leaving. reporter: you feel like you have died, as well. translator: yes. together with him. when he died, i felt it. i knew that something had happened. i got the call in the early morning, but i already felt it. it was the worst moment of my life. reporter: does it help to be here? translator: this is our tradition to come to this remembering day, but in general, w we come here every two or three days. i come here to talk to him and it gets easier to me. i tell him what s going on in my life, how i m living without him.
behind really a city of ruins in irpin and its citizens are grieving those they have lost. anderson cooper spoke to those honoring their military dead. reporter: in irpin s cemetery, they came to remember the people this country will never forget. women and men, civilians and soldiers, dozens are buried here in freshly dug graves. tatiana came to speak to her husband alexander, a taxi drive he turned soldier killed by a mortar march 13th. translator: we joked that we would die on the same day. and to be honest with you, it happened. but he is in the sky. and i am here. it is not living. reporter: you feel like you have died as well? translator: yes. together with him.