soon after, the militants came to irena's home.was kidnapped and take on the the city of donetsk. >> reporter: like these captured ukrainian soldiers paraded through donetsk, irena was made to stand outside with a sign saying she was a ukrainian agent and a child killer. >> reporter: today irena is free and running for parliament, but she's not finding much support in this part of eastern ukraine. >> an amazing story of bravery and determination there. now one last story for you this half an hour. news reached today that the fashion designer oscar de la renta has died, aged 82. he designed for among others the u.s. first lady jacqueline kennedy in the 1960s and more recently michelle obama as well. george clooney's bride amal also wore his design at their recent wedding in venice. let's go to bristol and speak to plum sykes, a personal friend of oscar de la renta while she was living in new york and working as a contributing editor on fashion for american "vogue" magazine. what was he like, the man behind the legend? >> he was a li

. >> in her apartment irena took a call from the recop sans squadron, they had found the body of her father. >> i feel proud. unbelievable. i was proud of my father. he was a pilot, each though i was a child. he was a hero for me. when they called and said remains were discovered. i was so excited. >> reporter: it's not just the volunteers from the reconnaissance group searching for the fallen. there's another group of men hunting, stripping the dead of weapons and equipment, to supply the trade in war memorabilia back in moscow. they are called the black diggers. this is the market outside moscow. the paraphernalia of war on display, dug up outside the capital. foreign buyers pay well. at a military cemetery in st. petersburg they laid to rest the four bodies brought up from the ground. a moment of quiet satisfaction for the team, and con solation for the families of tens of thousands of missing soldiers, knowing that they will not be forgotten. >>> coming up on al jazeera america - refugees in south africa demand a better education for their children. >>> a typhoon is moving up the

irena took a call from her reconnaissance squadron. they found the body of her father. her father was a bomber pilot shot down three months into the war. >> translation: i feel proud, unbelievable. i was always proud of my father. he was a pilot. i was a child. he was a hero, and when they called and said the remains were discovered, when i lost hope, it was despiting. it's not just the volunteers from the reconnaissance group, there's another group of men hunting the bodies, stripping the dead to provide the lucrative trade in war memorabilia back in moscow. at a market outside moscow, the paraphernalia of war dug up in forests, foreign beers will pay well for the luted remains. at a military cemetery, they lay to death the four bodies of men brought up from the ground from the reconnaissance squadron. a moment of quiet satisfaction for the team and consolation for the families of tens of thousands of soldiers, knowing that they will not be forgotten. >>> still ahead on the al jazeera newshour. voters in peru choose a government. why there's a question mark over many o