The attack took place in Kharkiv, where a shell launched by Kremlin forces killed three people while they were waiting for the bus; the boy’s sister is serious
The war in Ukraine has left in these five months a string of very harsh situations. The latest took place this week, when a Russian missile attack on the city of Kharkov killed three people, including a 13-year-old teenager. The heartbreaking scene of his father, Dimitri, kneeling before the corpse has gone around the world. The boy’s 15-year-old sister was injured in the same attack and is hospitalized.
The images show the brutality of the moment: the teenager’s blood and the glass of the bus stop marquee, where he was hit by missiles fired from Uragan rocket launchers, according to the local Ukrinform agency.
In the scene, the serenity of the father draws attention, who first, kneeling next to the corpse of his son, caresses his face. Later he opens a prayer book and begins to pray. He also talks on the phone, but at all times he keeps his composure, despite the terrible situation of having lost a son.
The attack took place in the Saltiv district of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city. As explained by Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Ukrainian Regional Military Administration in Kharkov, a man and a woman also died, the latter 72 years old.
At least 360 children have died and more than 679 have been injured in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began on February 24, according to data from the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s office disclosed on Telegram and cited by Ukrinform.
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