After Russian strike wipes out three families, Ukrainian town gathers to mourn

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After Russian strike wipes out three families, Ukrainian town gathers to mourn

In Pryluky’s town square, hundreds gathered around the coffins. Among them were grief-stricken classmates of the children who were killed.

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*Mourners gather around the coffins of Oleksandr and Yuliia Ivanchenko, and the couple’s children, 13-year-old Iryna and 8-year-old Maksym, before their funerals Friday in Pryluky, Ukraine. (Photos by Heidi Levine/For The Washington Post)*

By Francesca Ebel

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Kostiantyn Khudov

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Heidi Levine

PRYLUKY, Ukraine — The four coffins were laid out for all to see in the central square of the historic Ukrainian town of Pryluky. Inside the first was Oleksandr Ivanchenko, a local train driver; in the last, his wife Yuliia. Between them lay their two children, Iryna, 13, and Maksym, 8.

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