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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He fought in #WWII.
He survived famine, repressions, and the #Soviet front lines.
But in 2022, Stelian Makhsma died from hypothermia — caused by days spent hiding from #Russian bombs in #Mariupol.
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2/ Stelian was born in #Ukraine and lived through the #Holodomor — a Soviet-engineered famine that killed millions of Ukrainians.
When he was 11, his father was executed for refusing to join a collective farm.
In 1943, Stelian was drafted into the Red Army and sent to the front.
3/ “They took him when he was either 16 or 17,” says his granddaughter Diana.
“They weren’t supposed to — he had no training at all.
The moment he poked his head out of the trench, he was almost killed.”
Viktoria Roshchyna was not a soldier.
She was a journalist.
She entered Russian-occupied territory to report on the war from the ground.
She was captured and held in Russian captivity.
Now, her body has been returned to Ukraine.
She was identified through DNA. 1/
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In March 2022, Viktoria was reporting on Russia’s invasion from the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions when she was detained by the FSB. They held her for 10 days. When released, she kept reporting She wrote for «Hromadske», «Ukrainska Pravda», and «Radio Liberty».
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She planned to go to Mariupol — to show what was really happening.
Her route: through Poland, then Russia, to reach the occupied east.
On August 3, 2023, Viktoria went missing while reporting from Russian-occupied territory.
💔 9 people killed, over 70 injured — the aftermath of Russia’s massive attack on Kyiv overnight, April 24.
Missiles and drones were used in a combined strike. 1/ ⬇️
Emergency crews responded to 13 locations hit across the city. In the Sviatoshynskyi district, rescue workers are still clearing the rubble of a destroyed residential building. 2/
"The State Emergency Service deployed engineers, high-altitude teams, and search dogs. Phone calls are still coming from under the debris — the search will continue until everyone is found. Two children are still missing," — Ukraine's Interior Ministry reports. 3/
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