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Ukraine buries its unknown soldiers as families wait to identify them.

Ukraine buries its unknown soldiers as families wait to identify them.

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July 16th, 2026

Ukraine buries its unknown soldiers as families wait to identify them.

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In a military cemetery in Kyiv, hundreds of crosses mark the graves of unknown Ukrainian soldiers.

En un cementerio militar en Kiev, cientos de cruces marcan las tumbas de soldados ucranianos desconocidos.

Each cross has the words "unknown defender of Ukraine" and an ID number.

Cada cruz tiene las palabras "defensor desconocido de Ucrania" y un número de identificación.

One grave now has a photo on it: Ihor Yalynych, a soldier missing since 2022.

Una tumba ahora tiene una foto: Ihor Yalynych, un soldado desaparecido desde 2022.

His children, Stanislav and Oleksandra, found him after four years of searching.

Sus hijos, Stanislav y Oleksandra, lo encontraron después de cuatro años de búsqueda.

Ihor Yalynych was killed in April 2022 in eastern Ukraine.

Ihor Yalynych murió en abril de 2022 en el este de Ucrania.

His body stayed in occupied territory until September 2022.

Su cuerpo permaneció en territorio ocupado hasta septiembre de 2022.

The family faced bureaucracy and a lost police file.

La familia enfrentó problemas de burocracia y un expediente policial perdido.

This delayed DNA testing for over two years.

Esto retrasó la prueba de ADN por más de dos años.

Stanislav gave a DNA sample six months ago.

Stanislav dio una muestra de ADN hace seis meses.

A match came two months later.

La coincidencia llegó dos meses después.

Ukraine buries unidentified soldiers because refrigerated storage was full before the national cemetery was finished.

Ucrania entierra a soldados no identificados porque el almacenamiento refrigerado estaba lleno antes de que el cementerio nacional estuviera terminado.

More than 300 unknown soldiers now lie there.

Más de 300 soldados desconocidos yacen ahora allí.

Veterans Affairs Minister Natalia Kalmykova said the state keeps the flag of each unknown soldier until identification.

La ministra de Asuntos de Veteranos, Natalia Kalmykova, dijo que el estado guarda la bandera de cada soldado desconocido hasta su identificación.

Three of the first buried as unknown have since been identified.

Tres de los primeros enterrados como desconocidos han sido identificados desde entonces.

Identification is slow because many soldiers gave no DNA samples early in the war.

La identificación es lenta porque muchos soldados no dieron muestras de ADN al principio de la guerra.

About half of Ukraine's troops have now given samples.

Ahora, cerca de la mitad de los soldados de Ucrania han dado muestras.

Over 40,000 samples from unidentified bodies have been registered.

Se han registrado más de 40,000 muestras de cuerpos no identificados.

Most have been matched with relatives' samples.

La mayoría se han emparejado con muestras de familiares.

Forensic experts say the work will continue long after the war ends.

Los expertos forenses dicen que el trabajo continuará mucho después de que termine la guerra.

July 16th, 2026

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