Oleksandr Shpylevskyi died during the evacuation. 1/6 #RussianWarCrimes
Denys Kotelevych's life was cut short by a russian shell when he was playing with his twin brother in the park. 2/6
Kyrylo Raisov was killed by a russian aerial bomb. 3/6
Anna Kushnerenko came under fire while returning home. 4/6
Anna Sokolova's house was crushed by slabs as a result of russian shelling. 5/6
These are 5 tragedies out of hundreds: according to official data, 484 children have died since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine.
Still, this number is not final as it does not take into account those killed in the still-occupied territories. 6/6
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17-year-old Serhii Honcharuk died on April 22, 2022, in Donetsk Region. He and his brother were going to the well for water when the russian army shelled their native village of Novoselivka-3. 1/4 #RussiaIsATerroristState
When the boys did not return home their family went in search and found the young man killed. His 23-year-old brother disappeared without a trace. 2/4 #RussianWarCrimes
Serhii studied to be an electric welder at the Lyceum in Toretsk. He was an active and energetic young man and loved sports.
"Serhiy was kind and responsive. An incredibly good boy. He respected the elders, protected and helped those who needed it," - says his mother. 3/4
48-year-old Vita Bilotska was seriously injured during the кussian shelling of the village of Sviatopetrivske in Kyiv Кegion. On March 28, russian troops hit a warehouse with medicines where she was. 1/4 #RussiaIsATerroristState
Vita was in a coma for more than 2 months, but she never regained consciousness - she died on June 8 in the hospital. 2/4 #RussianWarCrimes
Vita raised 2 children. She worked as a nurse for almost 12 years. She was caring and attentive to her patients. 3/4
52-year-old Olena Nevara died on May 13, 2023, in the hospital in Dnipro where she had been taken after sustaining serious injuries as a result of russian shelling of her hometown of Malotaranivka in Donetsk region. Doctors fought for Olena`s life for two weeks. 1/3
Olena worked as a paramedic at the Donetsk Regional Center for Emergency Medical Aid and First Response Medicine. She was a sincere, sensitive, and kind person. She loved flowers. 2/3
"Olena was a very warm-hearted, wonderful person. We miss her and her daughter with all our hearts." - says her colleague Halyna Kalinichenko. On March 8, 2023, Olena lost her husband John Navara. He was a well-known otolaryngologist in Kramatorsk. 3/3
Oleksii Bondar was killed on March 19, 2022, in Mykolaiv Region. The Russian army carried out an airstrike on his family's house. The 7-year-old boy died with his mother and grandmother.
Oleksii had just started school. He liked to play football. 1/4
He knew almost all the countries of the world and their capitals by heart. He liked to play chess and checkers with his father. 2/4
"He was a very smart boy. Some adults do not know as much as 7-year-old Oleksii knew. He dreamed of becoming a football player. He smiled so sincerely when he succeeded in something," says the sister of the deceased's grandmother, Natalia Sydorova. 3/4
In Uman, Central Ukraine, russian missiles damaged ten high-rise buildings, killing 7 people as of 9:30 AM (Kyiv Time). Search and rescue operations are ongoing.
Eternal memory to innocently killed Ukrainians🕊️ #RussiaIsATerroristState
📷 Ihor Klymenko
The death toll in Uman rises to 10 victims, says the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko.
Eternal memory to innocently killed Ukrainians🕊️ #RussiaIsATerroristState
📸: SEService of Ukraine
The russian terrorist attack on Uman claimed the lives of two children.
Eternal memory to innocently killed Ukrainians🕊️ #RussiaIsATerroristState
📷: SES of Ukraine
5-year-old Oleksandryna Kirillova was killed in Mariupol on April 1, 2022. A Russian tank shot her room. The fragment of the shell pierced the girl's carotid artery. 1/4 #RussiaIsATerroristState
"Neighbors said they heard what sounded like an animal cry and saw grandparents with a dead granddaughter in their arms. They buried her in the yard," - says the girl`s aunt Anna Diomina. 2/4 #RussiaKillsCivilians
On April 1, Oleksandryna`s father, Volodymyr Kyrylov, also died. He took his injured wife to the hospital and on his way home his car came under fire. 3/4 #RussianWarCrimes