Despite a lack of recent media coverage, the battle in eastern Ukraine still goes on. For six years, pro-government forces have been fighting rebels in the self-proclaimed republics of Luhansk and Donetsk, and people are still dying on the battlefield. Yet, all of a sudden, the unfortunate death of one particular soldier, Mikola Ilin, has drawn the attention of the US. Why’s that?

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