Makeshift memorial grows in Ukraine’s capital after 1,000 days of war

People walk past the memorial to fallen soldiers in Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

After 1,000 days of war, a makeshift memorial has grown in the heart of Kyiv with thousands of blue-and-yellow flags honouring soldiers who died defending Ukraine.

Created by people in the absence of an official government memorial, the site has become a place of grief and remembrance.