LVIV, Ukraine — People dropped to their knees in silence, clasping their hands and muttering prayers from the sidewalk, as a van carried the remains of a fallen soldier through the streets of Lviv on Tuesday.
In front of one of the hospitals, doctors wearing white lab coats gathered to kneel for a solemn vigil as the cortege passed.
Everyday life momentarily came to a halt to acknowledge another battlefield death.
Funeral processions have become a common sight in this western Ukrainian city…
