The coffin of boxing coach Mykhailo Korenovsky arrives at a cemetery on the outskirts of Dnipro, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Korenovsky died within the residential constructing that was hit in Dnipro on Saturday.

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The coffin of boxing coach Mykhailo Korenovsky arrives at a cemetery on the outskirts of Dnipro, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Korenovsky died within the residential constructing that was hit in Dnipro on Saturday.

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DNIPRO, Ukraine — In a cemetery on the outskirts of the Ukrainian metropolis of Dnipro, mourners gathered for the burial of Mykhailo Korenovsky, a boxing coach killed Saturday within the Russian missile strike on an condominium constructing.

Korenovsky is among the many greater than 40 individuals who had been killed within the strike, one in every of many assaults on civilians removed from the entrance traces since Russia’s full-scale invasion started final February. Young youngsters, a pregnant lady and a 15-year-old ballet dancer had been additionally among the many victims.

Korenovsky’s mom cries over her son’s coffin at his funeral on Tuesday.

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Korenovsky’s mom cries over her son’s coffin at his funeral on Tuesday.

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Flowers are scattered beside the grave web site earlier than Korenovsky is buried.

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Flowers are scattered beside the grave web site earlier than Korenovsky is buried.

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Mourners throw soil into the grave over Korenovsky’s coffin.

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Mourners throw soil into the grave over Korenovsky’s coffin.

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Three clergymen, standing on the fringe of Korenovsky’s coffin, presided over the burial with prayers and music. As the coffin was lowered into the bottom, Olha Korenovska, Mikhailo’s spouse, hid her face in a bouquet of yellow roses. After a second, she lifted her head and commenced to hint her hand throughout a framed photograph of her husband’s face, arrange on the foot of the gravesite.

Hundreds of individuals got here to the cemetery to pay their respects; most of the mourners had been younger males whom Korenovsky had skilled. They introduced flowers, and several other males introduced boxing gloves.

People mild candles on the funeral. Hundreds of individuals got here to the cemetery to pay their respects.

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People mild candles on the funeral. Hundreds of individuals got here to the cemetery to pay their respects.

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Korenovsky’s spouse, Olha Korenovska, touches a portrait of her husband on the funeral.

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Korenovsky’s spouse, Olha Korenovska, touches a portrait of her husband on the funeral.

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“He was always a positive person, he made a lot of jokes,” one of many college students he skilled who attends the Pridniprovsk State Academy of Physical Education and Sport instructed a Ukrainian TV station. “He was kind and helped a lot. He was a great man.”

Officials say 45 folks died within the assault, and 19 are nonetheless unaccounted for. Korenovsky’s funeral is likely one of the first of many that can happen within the coming days.

Priests stroll by the cemetery as mourners collect for Korenovsky’s funeral.

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Priests stroll by the cemetery as mourners collect for Korenovsky’s funeral.

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A crowd of a whole lot attends the funeral of the beloved boxing coach.

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A crowd of a whole lot attends the funeral of the beloved boxing coach.

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NPR’s Lauren Migaki contributed to this report from Kyiv.