INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian twin brothers who were killed on the same day while fighting in Ukraine were buried in their home city Tuesday, according to friends
and local media reports.Alexei and Anton Vorobyov, 29, both army sergeants, were both killed on March 12, three weeks into Russia's invasion
of its neighbor to the west, the Bataysk Gorod news website reported.Photos and video from the double funeral showed the two mens' lacquered
coffins, draped in Russian flags, being interred side by side in a new cemetery in the southern Russian city of Novocherkassk
In the presence of several hundred mourners, an honor guard fired a salute and a military band played the Russian national anthem, reports
said."I have many memories about Anton, and all of them are good memories
Times.While the Russian Defense Ministry said last week 1,351 of its soldiers have been killed since the start of its "special military
NATO has said as many as 15,000 Russian troops may have been killed.Funerals for servicemen killed in Ukraine have been taking place across
Russia.Anton and Alexei served with the 150th Rifle Division, a famous World War II-era unit that was re-formed in 2013
Novocherkask following their deaths
After the funeral service, a wake was held at the House of Officers in Novocherkassk.Both men left behind partners, one of whom is pregnant,
