Two Ukraine sisters face 5-year sentence over dancing on fallen soldiers’ graves

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Two Ukrainian women face up to five years in jail for allegedly dancing and twerking on soldiers’ graves Hindustan Times reported.

Two Ukrainian women have been arrested for allegedly dancing and twerking on fallen soldiers’ graves on the country’s Independence Day and face a jail term up to five years.

The police later revealed that the “two sisters came to the … cemetery and decided to ‘honour’ the memory of the fallen… in such a way.” The authorities also published photos of the two women, still dressed in the same clothes they were wearing in the video, accompanied by a police officer. The identities of the women were not disclosed, reported the Hindustan Times.

The original video post has since been removed from social media and one of the alleged suspects has apparently published an apology on Instagram, claiming that she and her sister had “visited the grave of [their] deceased father,” who was supposedly killed near the city of Izium, which was the scene of fierce battles between Russian and Ukrainian troops last year, the report added.

The woman then claimed that she and her sister were “aware of their deceased father’s position on the burial culture” and saw “nothing wrong” with their actions. It was “not particularly correct to publish such a video,” she said, adding that they were “sorry.”