{"id":33404,"date":"2026-08-08T23:06:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33404"},"modified":"2026-08-08T23:06:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:06:50","slug":"ukraine-mourns-collector-of-souls-killed-recovering-war-dead-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33404","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine mourns \u201ccollector of souls\u201d killed recovering war dead : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-137947\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 5600;&#10;        --source-height: 3733;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5600x3733+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F27%2F1d%2F3f4898934fcc99f53c6f867c88d6%2Fgettyimages-2288793372.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5600x3733+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F27%2F1d%2F3f4898934fcc99f53c6f867c88d6%2Fgettyimages-2288793372.jpg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5600x3733+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F27%2F1d%2F3f4898934fcc99f53c6f867c88d6%2Fgettyimages-2288793372.jpg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5600x3733+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F27%2F1d%2F3f4898934fcc99f53c6f867c88d6%2Fgettyimages-2288793372.jpg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5600x3733+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F27%2F1d%2F3f4898934fcc99f53c6f867c88d6%2Fgettyimages-2288793372.jpg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5600x3733+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F27%2F1d%2F3f4898934fcc99f53c6f867c88d6%2Fgettyimages-2288793372.jpg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5600x3733+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F27%2F1d%2F3f4898934fcc99f53c6f867c88d6%2Fgettyimages-2288793372.jpg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5600x3733+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F27%2F1d%2F3f4898934fcc99f53c6f867c88d6%2Fgettyimages-2288793372.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5600x3733+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F27%2F1d%2F3f4898934fcc99f53c6f867c88d6%2Fgettyimages-2288793372.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5600x3733+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F27%2F1d%2F3f4898934fcc99f53c6f867c88d6%2Fgettyimages-2288793372.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Ukrainian military members carry the coffin of Oleksiy Yukov, head of the Ukrainian platsdarm search unit, during his funeral at the St. Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kyiv on August 8, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For years, Oleksiy Yukov walked the boundary between the living and the dead as he led a group of volunteers retrieving corpses in the most dangerous parts of Ukraine's front. He was killed on August 5, 2026 during what would be his last search mission, the news of his death triggering an outpour of grief, especially in the eastern Ukraine, where he had become a familiar figure, often appearing in the moments of grief that have come to define life the Donetsk region, battered by years of Russian assaults.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Ukrainian military members carry the coffin of Oleksiy Yukov, head of the Ukrainian platsdarm search unit, during his funeral at the St. Volodymyr&#8217;s Cathedral in Kyiv on Saturday.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Roman PILIPEY\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><br \/>\n              <svg class=\"icon icon--info\"><use href=\"#icon-info\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Roman PILIPEY\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Oleksiy Yukov, a Ukrainian known as the &#8220;collector of souls&#8221; for his decades-long work recovering the remains of soldiers and civilians on the frontlines of war, was honored in Kyiv on Saturday after being killed by a landmine during a recovery mission in the eastern Donetsk region.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5925887-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImageg-s1-135640\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/28\/g-s1-135640\/ukraine-war-peace-negotiator-russia\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/28\\\/g-s1-135640\\\/ukraine-war-peace-negotiator-russia&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4002x4002+952+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2F88%2F3184b84e4df6b4e1fea733c9bcb4%2Fsergiy-kyslytsya001.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4002x4002+952+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2F88%2F3184b84e4df6b4e1fea733c9bcb4%2Fsergiy-kyslytsya001.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4002x4002+952+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2F88%2F3184b84e4df6b4e1fea733c9bcb4%2Fsergiy-kyslytsya001.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4002x4002+952+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2F88%2F3184b84e4df6b4e1fea733c9bcb4%2Fsergiy-kyslytsya001.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4002x4002+952+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2F88%2F3184b84e4df6b4e1fea733c9bcb4%2Fsergiy-kyslytsya001.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4002x4002+952+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2F88%2F3184b84e4df6b4e1fea733c9bcb4%2Fsergiy-kyslytsya001.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4002x4002+952+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2F88%2F3184b84e4df6b4e1fea733c9bcb4%2Fsergiy-kyslytsya001.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4002x4002+952+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2F88%2F3184b84e4df6b4e1fea733c9bcb4%2Fsergiy-kyslytsya001.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Sergiy Olehovych Kyslytsya is first deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. He had previously served as Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.  \" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5925887-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Yukov, 40, was killed on Aug. 5 when he stepped on the mine during an effort to exhume a body, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/61553013420958\/posts\/122236463078100447\/\" target=\"_blank\">social media post<\/a> by his friend, Serhiy Hnezdilov. &#8220;This is a great loss for me personally and for the people close to me,&#8221; he wrote in a translation published by <em>Kyiv Post<\/em>. &#8220;[H]e gave names back to the dead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Ukrainians <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbxvbQRsZY6\/\" target=\"_blank\">paid their respects<\/a> to Yukov in an Orthodox Christian service in the capital. Before the service in Kyiv, Yukov was mourned and honored in his hometown of Sloviansk in Donetsk province.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Yukov was known for his tireless efforts to bring closure to the families of those killed in the war. In carrying out that task in 2022, he lost an eye and sustained a leg injury in a mine blast, the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ukraine-volunteer-war-dead-killed-service-11a978d9d91a162b7b523d397ce89b13\" target=\"_blank\">Associated Press<\/a> says, but returned to his work even as he was still recovering.<\/p>\n<p>As a teenager, Yukov became interested in searching for the remains on WWII battlefields in Ukraine, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2026\/08\/05\/8047425\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Ukrainska Pravda<\/em><\/a>. After the Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014, he founded Platsdarm (&#8220;Bridgehead&#8221;) to recover remains and provide dignified burials for the dead, the newspaper said. 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30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F84%2F29%2F824b536248538a2a5f605d070b42%2Fap24094665405918-1.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F84%2F29%2F824b536248538a2a5f605d070b42%2Fap24094665405918-1.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"FILE \u2014 Oleksiy Yukov examines the body of a Russian soldier he collected on the frontline in the Sloviansk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                FILE \u2014 Oleksiy Yukov examines the body of a Russian soldier he collected on the frontline in the Sloviansk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Bram Janssen\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><br \/>\n              <svg class=\"icon icon--info\"><use href=\"#icon-info\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Bram Janssen\/AP<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As part of a profile of Yukov, the newspaper quoted him as saying that he and a small group of Platsdarm volunteers would set off early every morning. &#8220;If it&#8217;s a safe area, we survey the territory with a drone. We check trenches, craters, shell holes, belongings, rubbish bins,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Then we divide the area into grids and search for mines and explosive devices using probes and metal detectors. We call in bomb disposal experts, who destroy or neutralize them. Then we carefully search the area for bodies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yukov and his team recovered not just Ukrainian soldiers, but Russian soldiers, too, as well as civilians killed as a result of the conflict that has claimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/russias-grinding-war-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\">hundreds of thousands of lives<\/a> on both sides of the fighting.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<aside id=\"mid-story-recommendations-mount-piano\" class=\"mid-story-recommendations-mount-piano\" aria-label=\"recommended stories\"\/>\n<!-- END ID=\"MID-STORY-RECOMMENDATIONS-MOUNT-PIANO\" CLASS=\"MID-STORY-RECOMMENDATIONS-MOUNT-PIANO\" ARIA-LABEL=\"RECOMMENDED STORIES\" --><\/p>\n<p>Months into the full-scale war that began in Feb. 2022, Yukov told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/ukraine-war-russia-oleksiy-yukov-fallen-soldiers-remains\/33823497.html\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty<\/a> that Russia &#8220;has caused tremendous grief for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Russia, he said &#8220;started a war against us; it is ruining our cities and killing our people. But we remain human even in these circumstances and gather their military&#8217;s dead bodies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In an International Emmy-award winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/Dbsk-d7IECi\/\" target=\"_blank\">documentary<\/a> about Platsdarm&#8217;s work, titled <em>Ukraine&#8217;s Frontline Sacrifice<\/em>, Yukov said that he believes souls are reborn.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5925887-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5844677\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/24\/nx-s1-5844677\/dalia-stasevska-interview-new-album\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/24\\\/nx-s1-5844677\\\/dalia-stasevska-interview-new-album&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4280x4280+1069+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffd%2F36%2F5a4ad2ef4dc7b016a3e4cf879d41%2F260220-platoon-daliastasevska-shot-02-0485.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4280x4280+1069+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffd%2F36%2F5a4ad2ef4dc7b016a3e4cf879d41%2F260220-platoon-daliastasevska-shot-02-0485.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4280x4280+1069+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffd%2F36%2F5a4ad2ef4dc7b016a3e4cf879d41%2F260220-platoon-daliastasevska-shot-02-0485.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4280x4280+1069+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffd%2F36%2F5a4ad2ef4dc7b016a3e4cf879d41%2F260220-platoon-daliastasevska-shot-02-0485.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4280x4280+1069+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffd%2F36%2F5a4ad2ef4dc7b016a3e4cf879d41%2F260220-platoon-daliastasevska-shot-02-0485.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4280x4280+1069+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffd%2F36%2F5a4ad2ef4dc7b016a3e4cf879d41%2F260220-platoon-daliastasevska-shot-02-0485.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4280x4280+1069+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffd%2F36%2F5a4ad2ef4dc7b016a3e4cf879d41%2F260220-platoon-daliastasevska-shot-02-0485.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4280x4280+1069+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffd%2F36%2F5a4ad2ef4dc7b016a3e4cf879d41%2F260220-platoon-daliastasevska-shot-02-0485.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Why Finnish conductor Dalia Stasevska's heart is in Ukraine\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5925887-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the body is not yet buried, the body remains with the soul. 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