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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Viktoriia Lakezina and Vitalii Hnidyi

Frontline cemeteries shut to Ukrainians for Easter over dangerous war debris

FILE PHOTO: A view shows graves damaged by a Russian military strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a cemetery in Kharkiv, Ukraine March 28, 2023. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi

Hundreds of cemeteries near front lines will be closed to Ukrainians wanting to pay their respects at graves of their relatives for Orthodox Easter this weekend, as officials fear the danger of land mines and unexploded ordnance.

But in the formerly Russian-occupied village of Kobzartsi in the southwest Mykolaiv region, residents say they are hugely grateful that demining officers have been able to clear one of the two local cemeteries of hazards to allow them to visit.

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