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Lives cut short Ukraine’s Kryvyi Rih says goodbye to the children killed in Russia’s latest strike on the city
Source: Meduza
On the evening of April 4, the Russian army launched a missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih. The attack hit a residential neighborhood that contained homes, schools, shops, and a playground. Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed the strike’s target was a restaurant where Ukrainian military personnel were supposedly meeting, but surveillance footage from the restaurant shows no sign of any soldiers. At least 20 people were killed in the strike, including at least nine children. The youngest was three years old; the oldest was 17. On April 7 and 8, the children were laid to rest. Meduza shares photos from the city’s final goodbye to them.
A memorial to Arina Samodina (7), Herman Tripolets (9), and Radyslav Yatsko (7), three students from Kryvyi Rih School No. 41 who were killed in the missile strike.
Evgeniy Maloletka / AP / Scanpix / LETA
Mothers beside the coffins of of their children, 15-year-olds Danylo Nikitskyi and Alina Kutsenko. The teenagers were together on a date when they died. A video of the boy’s mother gently stroking his hand has been widely shared online.
Evgeniy Maloletka / AP / Scanpix / LETA
Danylo Nikitskyi and Alina Kutsenko’s funeral
Evgeniy Maloletka / AP / Scanpix / LETA
A church service in memory of those killed in Kryvyi Rih
Evgeniy Maloletka / AP / Scanpix / LETA
Tymofii Tsvitok’s mother beside his coffin. Tymofii was just three years and nine months old. He was killed on his way home from the playground with his grandmother, who is currently in the hospital.
Evgeniy Maloletka / AP / Scanpix / LETA
The coffins of 15-year-old Nikita Perekrest and his cousin, 16-year-old Kostiantyn Novik. Nikita’s father serves in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and his mother took Kostiantyn in after his parents were killed. The two boys were outside in the yard when the Russian army struck Kryvyi Rih.
Evgeniy Maloletka / AP / Scanpix / LETA
Family and friends of Nikita Perekrest and Kostiantyn Novik at the funeral
Evgeniy Maloletka / AP / Scanpix / LETA
