Kyiv's Independence Square has long been the heart of Ukraine’s revolutions, and for many, it is the only place where their loved ones can truly be honoured.
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00:00A flag for each fallen soldier.
00:04This makeshift memorial in Ukraine's capital Kiev
00:07marks 1,000 days since Russia's full-scale invasion.
00:11Many fighters were civilians who, when called upon,
00:15left their ordinary lives behind to fight for their country.
00:31He died in Staromajorsk.
00:34He was such a good guy. He wasn't even married.
00:38He left nothing behind.
00:44May this war be cursed. I hate it.
01:00Flags appeared on the lawn of the Independence Square
01:03in May of the war's first year.
01:06According to Western estimates,
01:08some 80,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died in battle so far.