At a historic military cemetery in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, Valeriy Pushko lights up two cigarettes. One is for himself, the other for his son whose portrait is fixed to a cross planted in the ground.
A man smokes a cigarette next to a grave at Lychakiv military cemetery in Lviv, western Ukrainian on March 18, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - Located in a southeastern district of Lviv, a large city in western Ukraine some 1,000 kilometers from the front line but sporadically affected by Russian strikes, the historic Lychakiv military cemetery houses thousands of remains, many lively and highly decorated with stuffed animals, drawings, cigarettes, and cups of coffee placed at the graves. (Photo by YURIY DYACHYSHYN / AFP)
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