“This arm belongs to my father. Can you return his body, Mr. President?”

Among the horror images of the mass grave in Izhum is a morbid close-up of two blue-and-yellow bands wrapped around a half-devoured arm. He has now been identified and the soldier’s son has sent a letter to President Zelensky: “I am very proud of my father and would be honored if you would award him a posthumous award.”

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