DOVHENKE, Ukraine — The smell in the car is sick and sweet, the overpowering scent of corpses that have lain too long in muck and ruin, the ones the dogs didn’t devour. Oleksii Yukov, a 38-year-old martial arts instructor who leads a team of volunteer body collectors in Ukraine, doesn’t notice.

He is on the phone with one of the mothers. She heard her son was injured in battle and left behind, but she’s not sure where.

DOVHENKE, Ukraine — The smell in the car is sick and sweet, the overpowering scent of corpses that have lain too long in muck and ruin, the ones the dogs…{ai:summary}<p>Volunteer body collectors in Ukraine face the gruesome aftermath of war. Oleksii Yukov, a martial arts instructor, helps grieving families find closure. #ukraine</p>

The true toll of the war in Ukraine is measured in bodies. This man brings them home, one at a time

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