Loading your language..
Ukraine buries unknown soldiers. Families wait for confirmation.

Ukraine buries unknown soldiers. Families wait for confirmation.

A2🇯🇵 日本語🇺🇸 English

July 16th, 2026

Ukraine buries unknown soldiers. Families wait for confirmation.

A2
Please note: This article has been simplified for language learning purposes. Some context and nuance from the original text may have been modified or removed.

🇺🇸 English

Crosses stand in a military cemetery in Kyiv.

キーウの軍人墓地に十字架が並んでいます

The crosses say "Unknown Defender of Ukraine."

十字架には「ウクライナの無名の防衛者」と書かれています

Soldiers are buried there. Their names are not known.

身元がわからない兵士がそこに埋葬されています

Families wait for the identification.

家族は身元の確認を待っています

A photo was put on Ihor Yarynych's grave later.

イホル・ヤリニチの墓には後から写真が貼られました

He died in the war in 2022.

彼は2022年に戦死しました

It took the family four years to find his body.

家族が遺体を見つけるのに4年かかりました

Identifying bodies is one of the long wounds of war.

身元確認戦争長い傷一つです

The cemetery was finished in January 2025.

墓地2025年1月完成しました

Now, more than 300 unknown soldiers sleep there.

300人以上無名兵士そこ眠っています

Ihor's body was recovered from the occupied area in September 2022.

イホルの遺体2022年9月占領地域から回収されました

But DNA tests and other things took a long time.

しかしDNA検査など時間かかりました

The family says the police lost files, so it was late.

家族警察ファイルなくしたので遅れたと言います

About half of the Ukrainian army gives DNA samples.

ウクライナ軍の約半数DNAサンプル提供しています

More than 40,000 samples from unknown bodies were registered.

身元不明の遺体から4万以上のサンプル登録されました

They are checking them against 170,000 family samples.

17万の親族サンプル照合中です

Forensic experts process 15 to 20 bodies each day.

法医学者1日15~20体処理します

The workload grew to five times the normal level.

業務量平時の5倍増えました

For families, identification is not just a way to say goodbye.

家族にとって身元確認区切りだけではありません

It is also a condition for inheritance and compensation.

相続補償の条件でもあります

Stanislav Yarinich saw a photo of the grave. He felt his father's sacrifice was not in vain.

スタニスラフ・ヤリニチ墓の写真で、父親の犠牲無駄でないと感じました

Strangers stop there.

見知らぬ人立ち止まります。

He says it means the memory lives on.

それは記憶生き続けることを意味する、と彼は言います

July 16th, 2026

Trending Articles

Yemen's Houthis, with Iran's support, are becoming more and more dangerous in the Middle East.

Yemen's Houthis, with Iran's support, are becoming more and more dangerous in the Middle East.

イエメンのフーシ派は、イランの支援を受けて、中東でますます危険になっている。

A2Sep 8
U.S. military says it destroyed 5 Iranian oil tankers after Iran's Revolutionary Guard missile attack.

U.S. military says it destroyed 5 Iranian oil tankers after Iran's Revolutionary Guard missile attack.

米軍、イラン革命防衛隊のミサイル攻撃後、イランの石油タンカー5隻を破壊したと発表

A2Sep 8
Houthis attack Saudi Arabia, fire at oil facility, 73 people injured

Houthis attack Saudi Arabia, fire at oil facility, 73 people injured

フーシ派がサウジアラビアを攻撃、石油施設で火災、73人がけが

A2Sep 8
Ten days after the flood, rescue workers saved two people from the rubble.

Ten days after the flood, rescue workers saved two people from the rubble.

洪水から10日後、救助隊ががれきの中から2人を助け出した

A2Sep 5
President Putin meets with the U.S. envoy at the Kremlin. They talk about new peace talks for Ukraine.

President Putin meets with the U.S. envoy at the Kremlin. They talk about new peace talks for Ukraine.

プーチン大統領、クレムリンで米国の使節と会う。ウクライナの新しい和平協議について話す。

A2Sep 5
More than 1,000 people have died in the heavy rain in Nepal, and large mass burials are taking place.

More than 1,000 people have died in the heavy rain in Nepal, and large mass burials are taking place.

ネパールの大雨で亡くなった人が1,000人以上になり、大きな集団埋葬が行われている

A2Sep 1
Drones help find missing people after the flood in Nepal. But searching inside the hydropower tunnel is hard.

Drones help find missing people after the flood in Nepal. But searching inside the hydropower tunnel is hard.

ドローンがネパールの洪水の後、行方不明者を見つけるのに役立つ。しかし、水力発電トンネルの中の捜索は難しい。

A2Sep 1
Russia bombed nine cities in Ukraine in one night, calling it a "large-scale" attack.

Russia bombed nine cities in Ukraine in one night, calling it a "large-scale" attack.

ロシア、一晩でウクライナの9都市を爆撃、『大規模』攻撃と主張

A2Aug 27
The big country in the Middle East is looking for a way out of the war with Iran.

The big country in the Middle East is looking for a way out of the war with Iran.

中東の大国はイラン戦争から出る方法を探している

A2Aug 27
Big floods in Nepal and Tibet. More than 360 people died, and more than 1400 people are missing.

Big floods in Nepal and Tibet. More than 360 people died, and more than 1400 people are missing.

ネパールとチベットで大きな洪水。360人以上が死亡、1400人以上が行方不明。

A2Aug 27