He cleaned up after World War II. Now he helps both Russian and Ukrainian soldiers.

SLOVJANSK, UKRAINE (Aftenposten): The 36-year-old has one of the least desirable jobs of the war. Soon it may become easier.

Oleksij Jakov is from Slovjansk in Donetsk. He works collecting corpses from the battlefield and bombed villages. He picks up everyone he can find, Russian soldiers, Ukrainian soldiers and civilians. Photo: Gina Grieg Riisnæs

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The journey of discovery of 13-year-old Aleksej Jakov came to an abrupt halt when he reached the forest clearing. Hidden between green trees and open plains, he saw the last thing he expected to find:

Skeletons.

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