New Delhi, May 21 -- The St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in the heart of the Ukrainian capital is where Kyiv mourns its soldiers and its prominent dead, the casualties of a war Russia began more than four years ago. On Tuesday, it held two white coffins, side by side, bearing the bodies of two girls.

Liubava Yakovlieva was 12. Her sister, Vira, was 17. They were killed when a Russian missile tore through their Kyiv apartment building on May 14, burying them under rubble. Twenty-four people were killed in the strike.

The girls' mother, Tetiana, sat beside the coffins, the family's sole surviving member. The father, Yevhen, was killed on the front line as a soldier three years ago.

Dozens of children came to say goodbye. Classmates ...