at cemeteries all across ukraine, the military dead just keep coming. here in lviv, near the border with poland, very far from the fighting on the eastern front, the fresh graves of soldiers number in the hundreds. there are so many, in fact, at this cemetery, that up the hill here, they re clearing the way of the fallen from previous wars to make room for those lost in this conflict. the discarded bloodstained blankets, tourniquets and dressings from lives that couldn t be saved. but at this town mortuary, it s margot s job to make sure their sacrifice
at cemeteries all across ukraine, the military dead just keep coming. here in lviv, near the border with poland, very far from the fighting on the eastern front, the fresh graves of soldiers number in the hundreds. there are so many, in fact, at this cemetery, that up the hill here, they re clearing the way of the fallen from previous wars to make room for those lost in this conflict. the discarded bloodstained blankets, tourniquets and dressings from lives that couldn t be saved. but at this town mortuary, it s margot s job to make sure their sacrifice and their names are remembered.
there are so many, in fact, at this cemetery, that up the hill here, they re clearing the way of the fallen from previous wars to make room for those lost in this conflict. the discarded bloodstained blankets, tourniquets and dressings from lives that couldn t be saved. but at this town mortuary, it s margot s job to make sure their sacrifice and their names are remembered. before the war, it was mostly the old who crossed this threshold. now it s the corpses of ukraine s young men and women who pass through daily. their numbers have doubled since the counter offensive began injune. they leave in single file.
they re clearing the way of the fallen from previous wars to make room for those lost in this conflict. the discarded, bloodstained blankets, tourniquets and dressings from lives that couldn t be saved. but, at this town mortuary, it s margot s job to make sure their sacrifice and their names are remembered. before the war, it was mostly the old who crossed this threshold. now, it s the corpses of ukraine s young men and women who pass through daily. their numbers have doubled since the counter offensive began injune.