Kyiv, Ukraine
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Tributes are being paid to a 12-year-old girl who died 9 days after a Russian strike on her household’s apartment building in western Ukraine final week.
“Her mother was killed, and her sister is still in the hospital. Now Adriana is in a place where there is no fear or explosions – next to her mother, in a quiet and bright place, beyond the reach of war” Serhii Nadal, the mayor of Ternopil, wrote in a publish on Telegram Thursday.
Adriana was a “bright, kind” little one with “cheerful eyes” who was “loved and appreciated by her classmates and teachers,” in response to her college.
Western Ukraine has been spared the brunt of Russia’s aerial assault through the three-year battle.
But final week, this notion of security was shattered after Russian strikes focused two apartment blocks in Ternopil, killing 35 people together with seven youngsters, and injuring many extra.
Adriana’s household dwelling was a type of struck within the assault.
“Despite all the efforts of the doctors and the sincere hope of each of us, her heart could not withstand the trauma,” her college stated in a publish on Facebook, writing that her dying has “caused pain to our entire school family.”
The large-scale Russian assault final Tuesday was one of many deadliest to focus on western Ukraine since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion again in February 2022. The Ukrainian air power stated Russia fired lots of of drones and dozens of missiles through the assault.
A United Nations report revealed Tuesday discovered that Russia has “significantly increased” its use of long-range weapons in 2025. Civilian casualties in Ukrainian cities have “spiked” as a results of this, it stated.
Another sufferer of the strikes was seven-year-old Amelia Hrzesko, who was killed alongside her mom Oksana. In a Facebook publish commemorating their deaths, Amelia’s college stated that the pair had been “hugging each other when they were burned alive as a result of an enemy missile attack.”
“Our entire school family mourns this irreparable loss. Amelia, a bright girl, a little angel, will never again sit at her desk, hug her classmates, or warm them with her bright gaze,” it stated.
Siblings Kamila and Nazar had been additionally killed within the assault alongside their mom Maria, native media Ternopil 1 reported. The youngsters had been 5 and one years outdated, respectively. Their father Kamal, who survived the strike, carried a tiny coffin to their funeral, video posted by Ukraine’s foreign ministry confirmed.
“Kamal is the only survivor of a Russian missile strike on his apartment. In just one moment, he lost his wife and two young children,” the overseas ministry wrote alongside the video. “Russia is waging its war at an unbearable human cost. Its atrocities must be put to an end.”