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Melitopol Marks 82nd Liberation Anniversary With Memorials After WWII Soldiers Reburied at Line Wotan

The observances coincide with continued recoveries of Soviet war dead, with published counts of the latest reburials ranging from five to ten.

Overview

  • Residents gathered on October 23 at the Brotherly Cemetery memorial to lay flowers at the Eternal Flame, with a mourning rally opening to the Russian anthem.
  • Youth activists plan to hand out 2,000 St. George ribbons in the city, according to the region’s youth policy minister Yegor Logunov.
  • On October 22, remains recovered near Novinskoye were reburied with military honors at the Line Wotan memorial near Melitopol following a religious service.
  • Local military‑historical teams worked with the Zaporizhzhia Investigative Committee branch and the Russian Military‑Historical Society to conduct the searches and exhumations.
  • Coverage reports conflicting totals for those reburied, with TASS citing ten and a RIA dispatch describing five while quoting officials referencing ten.