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Many have served in the armed forces courageously and sacrificially. But some have served to the point of making the ultimate sacrifice.

Memorial Day is a time to mourn the nation’s fallen troops, but has also been about taking time off, since the 1860s.

Ammunition. the fighting for that city alone has cost thousand says of lives on both sides. a sea of ukrainian flags fly over the countrys war dead. the ukrainian government never reveals the true death toll of those soldiers killed in action. but these fresh graves tell their own story, including those they are preparing to fill. ahead of the looming ukrainian counteroffensive, russia has gone on the offensive. a massive fireball lit up the horizon after a cruise missile strike on what ukraine ...

Vladimir putins war of conquest was failing. our international editor jeremy bowen has this report. the air—raid alarm, as the two presidents arrived at st michaels church, where ukraine commemorates its war dead, felt too well timed to be a coincidence. with unprecedented security in kyiv, the americans had warned the kremlin that joe biden was coming. he had just arrived from a long train journey and a point was being made. ukraine was still under attack, its most powerful ally was there, in...

Bowen has this report. (air raid siren wails) the air—raid alarm, as the two presidents arrived at st michaels church, where ukraine commemorates its war dead, felt too well timed to be a coincidence. with unprecedented security in kyiv, the americans had warned the kremlin that joe biden was coming. he had just arrived from a long trainjourney and a point was being made. ukraine was still under attack, its most powerful ally was there, in an active war zone, to show its leader support. presid...

Before they came out, the air raid sirens rang out across kiev. [sirens blasting] >> no signs of any explosions or any visible signs of danger. the white house was clear to say they had informed russia about the trip before it happened. in addition to laying wreaths on a memorial for some of the ukrainian war dead, biden announced $5 hundred million in military aid for ukraine. no mention of jets, though. here is president biden. >> president biden: that announcement includes artillery ammunitio...

He met ukraines president, volodmyr zelensky and both men visited a memorial for ukraines war dead. at a news conference mr biden announced more military, political and financial support for kyiv and he said ukraine would be supported "for as long as it takes". our correspondent james waterhouse reports form kyiv. in a city no stranger to big visitors, this was the biggest. the most powerful politician in the world, ukraines biggest ally, arriving to the heart of the war, to the delight of his h...

Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten, live from kyiv, where an american president has made an extraordinary visit to an active war zone. joe biden�*s trip here was short on time, just a couple of hours, but long on symbolism, ahead of the first anniversary of the russian invasion of this country. he said america would stand with ukraine for as long as it takes and praised the ukrainian troops�* "heroic" fighting, while pledging another $500 million of military aid. speaking while ...

And a planned $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill appears to be on track for passage ahead of a Friday shutdown deadline.

There are two Remembrance services Ventnor residents are invited to attend this week