Exhibition commemorating the soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the second anniversary of the military invasion of Kew

Two years after the invasion, the number of soldiers killed in combat continues to rise, and their families continue to grieve.

At the National Museum of History of Ukraine in the capital, Kiiv, an exhibition is being held to commemorate the soldiers who died in Mariupol, a fierce battleground in the eastern Donetsk region that was seized by the Russian army.

At the venue, in addition to the soldiers' belongings and clothing donated by their bereaved families, there will also be on display footage of the soldiers living harmoniously together before the fighting escalated.

Wanting to leave proof of her child's life in this world, Vila Litvinenko organized the exhibition in cooperation with other bereaved families. He died in a shelling attack.

It is said that he had spoken to her son on the phone a few days before his death.

Litvinenko said of the conversation: ``My son said, ``I'm in a certain place and I would be safe even if a nuclear war broke out.'' We used to live in Mariupol, so I knew immediately where it was. "I looked back," he said.

At the time, Russian troops were besieging a steel mill in Mariupol, a Ukrainian stronghold.

His son did not mention the specific location for fear of being eavesdropped on by the Russian military, but he is believed to have been hiding in the basement of the steel mill.

However, after that conversation, I lost contact with his son.

A week later, the message I sent him on his 28th birthday didn't get marked as read either.

He died two days before his birthday.

Litvinenko said: ``My son used to joke, ``If something happens to me, the military will contact me.'' But that day has come. It was a painful moment," she said with tears in her eyes.

The items he donated to the exhibition included the shoes his son wore on the battlefield, the boxing gloves he used, and his oil paintings, which he said was his hobby.

Litvinenko said, ``I still can't believe I lost my son, and the pain is immeasurable.However, I am proud of the short and glorious life that my son lived.''

However, I feel frustrated by the fact that even two years after the invasion, the number of victims continues to increase.

"If we had enough weapons, so many young people would not have died. There is no war so wrong and so unfair. The world needs to understand that," Litvinenko said. We need support with weapons."