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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Vanessa Gera

Pole killed fighting in Ukraine buried as hero of 2 nations

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A Polish man who died fighting in Ukraine was buried in his native soil Tuesday as weeping mourners praised him as a hero of two nations.

The body of Daniel Sztyber, 35, of Warsaw, lay in a coffin covered in Poland's white-and-red flag. Young Ukrainians draped in their nation's flag and aging World War II veterans joined Sztyber's parents, sister and childhood friends in mourning him.

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