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Hundreds at funeral of well-known activist in Kyiv

(18 Jun 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Kyiv, Ukraine - 18 June 2022 1. Wide of mourners outside St. Michael's Cathedral 2. Various of service for activist Roman Ratushnyi, coffin, priests 3. Various of mourners 4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Myroslava Barchuk, friend of Ratushnyi: "Russia, this Russian matrix (way) of thinking, culture, values - it is wrong, and it is deadly, dangerous for us. And this is Roman's testament - get rid of this matrix, fight it." 5. Various of Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko at service 6. Various of people with flowers, people kneeling and placing flowers next to coffin 7. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oleh Nikyforov, friend of Ratushnyi: "He was Indigo (referring to a spiritual concept, meaning he was special). Roman is the generation that is the future of Ukraine. Those people who think and do not live by patterns, (established) standards, understand what is right and wrong. It is not worth comparing and equating with the Soviet world or anything else. This is another dimension." 8. Mid of mourners, woman crying 9. Pallbearers in military uniforms carrying coffin and placing it in hearse 10. Various of funeral procession 11. Wide of Independence Square, mourners 12. Ukrainian flag draped over coffin 13. Framed portrait of Rutushnyi 14. Mid of Taras Ratushnyi, Roman's father, UPSOUND (Ukrainian): "Do not rush after him (rush to die), because firstly he asked so, and secondly we still have a lot of work to do. We need to kill a lot of Russians for ourselves and for his name." 15. Mourners applauding 16. Wide of Independence Square, mourners STORYLINE: Hundreds of mourners gathered in Kyiv on Saturday for the funeral of a well-known activist who took up arms against Russia's invasion. The mourners for Roman Ratushnyi, 24, included friends who had protested with him during months of demonstrations that toppled Ukraine's pro-Russia leader in 2014 and who, like him, defended Ukraine after Moscow's invasion. The arc of his shortened life symbolized that of Ukraine's post-independence generations that are sacrificing their best years in the cause of freedom. First, with defiance and dozens of lives against brutal riot police during Ukraine's Maidan protests of 2013-2014 and now with weapons and even more lives against Russian troops. “Heroes never die!” friends, family and admirers shouted in Ukrainian as Ratushnyi's coffin was loaded aboard a hearse on a square in the Ukrainian capital, now decorated with destroyed Russian tanks and vehicles. Their charred hulks contrasted with the shiny gold domes of an adjacent cathedral where priests had earlier sung prayers for Ratushnyi, who was well-known in Kyiv for his civic and environmental activism. From the square, the hundreds of mourners then walked in a silent column behind his coffin to Maidan Nezalezhnosti, or Independence Square. The vast plaza in central Kyiv gave its name to the three months of protests that overthrew then President Viktor Yanukovych in 2014 and which helped fuel the political and patriotic awakening of Ukrainians born after independence in 1991. AP Video shot by Oleksandr Stashevskyi =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...