In eastern Ukraine is called collector of bodies. From the front is collected soldiers killed in fighting - both Ukrainian and pro-Russian separatists fighting. For his work he does not take money. "The dead do not fight anymore," says Jar in safety vest, leader of a volunteer group called the Black Tulip, which has already found more than 150 dead bodies of Ukrainians buried in mass graves in September.
Jar is an upstanding man, with characteristic baldness and expressive eyebrows. He is 43 years old. Previously, he was a businessman and secretary of the State Commission for the Remembrance of Victims of War and Political Repression. He dealt with archaeological research of Polish mass graves, as well as identification of remains of Soviet soldiers buried in Ukraine.
Asked about his work, it always corresponds as follows: in 2006 two American soldiers lost in Afghanistan. More than 8,000 soldiers and a group of scientists were involved in their search. In eastern Ukraine, 30 body groups are mobilized from the front. For free.
It began several months ago when the conflict between the pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian army grew stronger. Silken in reflective clothing reported to the commanders that he would collect the bodies of the fallen.
The Black Tulip battalion, now named after a plane transporting corpses of soldiers killed during Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, now commands a battalion. "Black Tulip" instead of a plane has a white delivery with a red cross on the side. Behind the glass is a card with the word "cargo 200". It is a code name, which in the Soviet Union were defined corpses.
Since 3 September this year the group has found remains of over 150 Ukrainians. She dug - literally - thousands of cubic meters of land and extracted corpses from over 30 makeshift graves, including 11 masses. - Some were burned alive. In uniforms, together with equipment - says Skink in reflective vest. Other - before they find their "Black Tulip", they will take care of wild animals or stray dogs.
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