AP Archive | Family, friends attend funeral for 20-year-old Ukrainian fighter killed defending Toretsk @APArchive | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
(4 Oct 2024)
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Bobrovytsya, Chernihiv region, Ukraine - 4 October 2024
1. Wide of servicemen on their knees paying respect to the coffin of Ihor Kusochek arriving to the funeral
2. Mid of servicemen standing up
3. Wide of Ukrainian servicemen bringing the coffin to the funeral
4. Various of Kateryna Kusochek, mother of Ihor, mourning during the funeral ceremony
5. Various of Oleksandr Kusochek, brother of Ihor, comforting their mother
6. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) serviceman of Azov brigade, also known by call sign “Turyn”, commander of Ihor Kusochek:
“He died with a weapon in his hands, on straight legs, not on his knees, defending what he believed during all his short life.“
7. Wide of Ukrainian servicemen of Azov brigade stand during funeral ceremony
8. Various of Ukrainian servicemen of Azov brigade recite national prayer
9. Wide of Kateryna Kusochek, mother of Ihor, bent over the coffin during the funeral ceremony
10. Mid of relatives, comrades and friends bringing flowers to the coffin
11. Various of Ukrainian servicemen bringing the coffin to the car
12. Various of family and friends saying last goodbye to Ihor Kusochek inside the church
13. Various shots of Ukrainian servicemen bringing the coffin to the cemetery
14. Wide of servicemen of Azov brigade says last goodbye
15. Various of Azov servicemen lighting yellow and blue smoke flares to pay respect
16. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Pavlo (last name not given because of security reasons), serviceman of 35th brigade, best friend since childhood of Ihor Kusochek:
“I was 18 years old at the time (when the full scale invasion began) and Ihor was 17. When I was already participating in combat operations, Ihor always asked me how it was over there, and he wanted to defend his homeland and his family and friends.”
17. Various shots of Kateryna Kusochek, mother of Ihor, talking to his comrade
STORYLINE:
Family, relatives, friends and servicemen from the Azov brigade attend the funeral ceremony of Ihor Kusochek, 20, also known by call sign “Chaka” in Bobrovytsya on Friday October 4.
Ihor Kusochek joined the army as a volunteer when he turned 18, he died defending Toretsk as a part of a mortar unit.
During the funeral ceremony dozens of people came to say goodbye to Ihor, his mother Kateryna Kusochek was crying and hugging the body.
His best friend since childhood, Pavlo (last name not given because of security reasons), serviceman of 35th brigade, said that Ihor "wanted to defend his homeland and his family and friends."
AP video by Alex Babenko
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(4 Oct 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bobrovytsya, Chernihiv region, Ukraine - 4 October 2024
1. Wide of servicemen on their knees paying respect to the coffin of Ihor Kusochek arriving to the funeral
2. Mid of servicemen standing up
3. Wide of Ukrainian servicemen bringing the coffin to the funeral
4. Various of Kateryna Kusochek, mother of Ihor, mourning during the funeral ceremony
5. Various of Oleksandr Kusochek, brother of Ihor, comforting their mother
6. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) serviceman of Azov brigade, also known by call sign “Turyn”, commander of Ihor Kusochek:
“He died with a weapon in his hands, on straight legs, not on his knees, defending what he believed during all his short life.“
7. Wide of Ukrainian servicemen of Azov brigade stand during funeral ceremony
8. Various of Ukrainian servicemen of Azov brigade recite national prayer
9. Wide of Kateryna Kusochek, mother of Ihor, bent over the coffin during the funeral ceremony
10. Mid of relatives, comrades and friends bringing flowers to the coffin
11. Various of Ukrainian servicemen bringing the coffin to the car
12. Various of family and friends saying last goodbye to Ihor Kusochek inside the church
13. Various shots of Ukrainian servicemen bringing the coffin to the cemetery
14. Wide of servicemen of Azov brigade says last goodbye
15. Various of Azov servicemen lighting yellow and blue smoke flares to pay respect
16. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Pavlo (last name not given because of security reasons), serviceman of 35th brigade, best friend since childhood of Ihor Kusochek:
“I was 18 years old at the time (when the full scale invasion began) and Ihor was 17. When I was already participating in combat operations, Ihor always asked me how it was over there, and he wanted to defend his homeland and his family and friends.”
17. Various shots of Kateryna Kusochek, mother of Ihor, talking to his comrade
STORYLINE:
Family, relatives, friends and servicemen from the Azov brigade attend the funeral ceremony of Ihor Kusochek, 20, also known by call sign “Chaka” in Bobrovytsya on Friday October 4.
Ihor Kusochek joined the army as a volunteer when he turned 18, he died defending Toretsk as a part of a mortar unit.
During the funeral ceremony dozens of people came to say goodbye to Ihor, his mother Kateryna Kusochek was crying and hugging the body.
His best friend since childhood, Pavlo (last name not given because of security reasons), serviceman of 35th brigade, said that Ihor "wanted to defend his homeland and his family and friends."
AP video by Alex Babenko
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