Volunteer medic, 29, buried in Ukraine after being killed by Russian shelling

Mourners gather for the funeral of 29 year old Yana Rikhlitska, a Ukrainian army medic killed in the Bakhmut area of Ukraine (Thibault Camus/AP)
Mourners gather for the funeral of 29 year old Yana Rikhlitska, a Ukrainian army medic killed in the Bakhmut area of Ukraine (Thibault Camus/AP)

A volunteer medic has been buried in Ukraine after being killed by Russian shelling.

Yana Rikhlitska, 29, died alongside another medic as they shuttled between a field hospital and the frontline.

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