Remains of pilot killed during WWII laid to rest in Utah

The remains of a World War II pilot have been laid to rest in his home state of Utah after being returned from Germany.

The Salt Lake City Tribune reported that the burial for Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Lynn W. Hadfield came 74 years to the day German anti-aircraft fire hit his bomber and he crashed just months before the war ended.

Hadfield's daughter, Mary Ann Turner, mourned her father, who died when she was 2. After the funeral Thursday, she said an "emptiness is filled" and she had finally found peace.

Mary Ann Turner, the daughter of 2nd Lt. Lynn W. Hadfield, watches the Honor Guard fold up the American flag during the graveside service for her father at Veterans Memorial Park in Bluffdale, Utah, Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Salt Lake City Tribune reported Thursday that Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Lynn W. Hadfield's remains, returned from Germany, were buried 74 years to the day of Hadfield's crash during a bomber plane run from France to Germany just months before the war's end. (Rick EganThe Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

A researcher found evidence of a crash in 2016 about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the German city of Dulmen. DNA analysis confirmed the remains belonged to the 26-year-old from Salt Lake City and two crew members.

Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune, http://www.sltrib.com

Major Jon Richardson, of the Utah National Guard, comforts Mary Ann Turner, the daughter of 2nd Lt. Lynn W. Hadfield, after the graveside service for her father at Veterans Memorial Park in Bluffdale, Utah, Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Salt Lake City Tribune reported Thursday that Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Lynn W. Hadfield's remains, returned from Germany, were buried 74 years to the day of Hadfield's crash during a bomber plane run from France to Germany just months before the war's end. (Rick EganThe Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

A member of the Honor Guard presents Mary Ann Turner, the daughter of 2nd Lt. Lynn W. Hadfield, the flag from her father's casket during the graveside service for him at Veterans Memorial Park in Bluffdale, Utah, Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Salt Lake City Tribune reported Thursday that Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Lynn W. Hadfield's remains, returned from Germany, were buried 74 years to the day of Hadfield's crash during a bomber plane run from France to Germany just months before the war's end. (Rick EganThe Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

The Honor Guard carries the casket of 2nd Lt. Lynn W. Hadfield during funeral services at Veterans Memorial Park in Bluffdale, Utah, Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Salt Lake City Tribune reported Thursday that Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Lynn W. Hadfield's remains, returned from Germany, were buried 74 years to the day of Hadfield's crash during a bomber plane run from France to Germany just months before the war's end. (Rick EganThe Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

The funeral procession for 2nd Lt. Lynn W. Hadfield arrives at Veterans Memorial Park, in Bluffdale, Utah, Thursday, March 21, 2019. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Lynn W. Hadfield's remains were buried 74 years to the day of Hadfield's crash during a bomber plane run from France to Germany just months before the war's end. (Rick EganThe Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

This 1945 photo provided by the Utah National Guard shows Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Lynn W. Hadfield. The remains of Hadfield, a World War II pilot shot down in Germany, have arrived back in his home state of Utah, where they are expected to be buried. Hadfield's remains are set to be buried Thursday, March 21, 2019, 74 years to the day of Hadfield's crash, the Salt Lake Tribune reported on Tuesday. Hadfield, from Salt Lake City, was piloting a bomber plane from France to Germany just months before the end of World War II when it was struck by anti-aircraft fire and crashed somewhere near the German city of Dulmen. (Utah National Guard via AP)

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian court on Friday ordered the detention of the country’s farm minister in the latest high-profile corruption investigation, while Kyiv security officials assessed how they can recover lost battlefield momentum in the war against Russia.

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court ruled that Agriculture Minister Oleksandr Solskyi should be held in custody for 60 days, but he was released after paying bail of 75 million hryvnias ($1.77 million), a statement said.

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau suspects Solskyi headed an organized crime group that between 2017 and 2021 unlawfully obtained land worth 291 million hryvnias ($6.85 million) and attempted to obtain other land worth 190 million hryvnias ($4.47 million).

Ukraine is trying to root out corruption that has long dogged the country. A dragnet over the past two years has seen Ukraine’s defense minister, top prosecutor, intelligence chief and other senior officials lose their jobs.

That has caused embarrassment and unease as Ukraine receives tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid to help fight Russia’s army, and the European Union and NATO have demanded widespread anti-graft measures before Kyiv can realize its ambition of joining the blocs.

In Ukraine's capital, doctors and ambulance crews evacuated patients from a children’s hospital on Friday after a video circulated online saying Russia planned to attack it.

Parents hefting bags of clothes, toys and food carried toddlers and led young children from the Kyiv City Children’s Hospital No. 1 on the outskirts of the city. Medics helped them into a fleet of waiting ambulances to be transported to other facilities.

In the video, a security official from Russian ally Belarus alleged that military personnel were based in the hospital. Kyiv city authorities said that the claim was “a lie and provocation.”

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that civic authorities were awaiting an assessment from security services before deciding when it was safe to reopen the hospital.

“We cannot risk the lives of our children,” he said.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due to hold online talks Friday with the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which has been the key international organization coordinating the delivery of weapons and other aid to Ukraine.

Zelenskyy said late Thursday that the meeting would discuss how to turn around Ukraine’s fortunes on the battlefield. The Kremlin’s forces have gained an edge over Kyiv’s army in recent months as Ukraine grappled with a shortage of ammunition and troops.

Russia, despite sustaining high losses, has been taking control of small settlements as part of its effort to drive deeper into eastern Ukraine after capturing the city of Avdiivka in February, the U.K. defense ministry said Friday.

It’s been slow going for the Kremlin’s troops in eastern Ukraine and is likely to stay that way, according to the Institute for the Study of War. However, the key hilltop town of Chasiv Yar is vulnerable to the Russian onslaught, which is using glide bombs — powerful Soviet-era weapons that were originally unguided but have been retrofitted with a navigational targeting system — that obliterate targets.

“Russian forces do pose a credible threat of seizing Chasiv Yar, although they may not be able to do so rapidly,” the Washington-based think tank said late Thursday.

It added that Russian commanders are likely seeking to advance as much as possible before the arrival in the coming weeks and months of new U.S. military aid, which was held up for six months by political differences in Congress.

While that U.S. help wasn’t forthcoming, Ukraine’s European partners didn’t pick up the slack, according to German’s Kiel Institute for the World Economy, which tracks Ukraine support.

“The European aid in recent months is nowhere near enough to fill the gap left by the lack of U.S. assistance, particularly in the area of ammunition and artillery shells,” it said in a report Thursday.

Ukraine is making a broad effort to take back the initiative in the war after more than two years of fighting. It plans to manufacture more of its own weapons in the future, and is clamping down on young people avoiding conscription, though it will take time to process and train any new recruits.

Jill Lawless contributed to this report.

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