Russian bomb kills one-year-old boy, his mother and great-grandmother in Zaporizhzhia
Pravda Ukraine
One-year-old boy Adam, his mother Sofiia, 27, and great-grandmother Tetiana have been killed in a Russian attack in Zaporizhzhia.
Source: Sofiia’s cousin and volunteer Anna Pavlyshyna
Quote from Anna: “When I wrote about the worst days of the war, I did not know that mine was still ahead. This scratched photo is the only thing that survived from the apartment of my uncle, my mother’s brother, whom I adore. Only one photo [survived] that was in the kitchen. It shows my sister and my one-and-a-half-year-old nephew, the girl with the child on the left, who were killed yesterday by the Russian guided aerial bomb.”
A Russian airstrike hit the section of the building where the family lived. First, rescue workers found Sofiia’s body, and then they pulled the bodies of her son and grandmother from under the rubble.
Quote from Anna: “We were there almost until morning, hoping to the last, but no miracle happened. They were killed. They were all identified. I saw my sister and recognised her, but I couldn’t look at the kid. I just didn’t have the courage.”
A family friend, Alina Vodopian, started raising money to help Sofiia’s mother.
Quote from Alina: “A year ago, I took pictures of this little angel with his mum. A week ago, I was playing with cars with Adamchyk [derivative from Adam – ed.] and promised to bring him a big tractor from the dacha…Sonia [derivative from Sofiia- ed.] and Adamchyk, as well as Sonia’s grandmother, were there yesterday. There are no words to express our grief.” [A dacha is a sort of a summer house, usually with a little plot of land where people grow vegetables, fruit trees and berries or keep a garden – ed.]
Background: The latest reports indicate that at least ten people were killed in a Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia on 7 November. A total of 41 people were injured.
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