Russian strike on Kharkiv printing house: Vivat names killed workers

Roman Petrenko — Saturday, 25 May 2024, 10:21

On Publishing, Printing and Book Distribution Workers’ Day, the publisher Vivat Publishing has named seven employees killed by Russia during the attack on their printing house in Kharkiv on 23 May.

Source: Vivat CEO Yuliia Orlova

Details: Seven people were killed in a Russian strike on Thursday:

  • Tetiana Khrapina, a print operator
  • Roman Strohyi, a glueing machine operator
  • Svitlana Ryzhenko, a brochure maker
  • Olha Kurasova, an automatic sewing machine operator
  • Olena Ninadovska, an automatic sewing machine operator
  • Hanna Mynaieva, a finishing machine operator
  • Dmytro Shylo, a brochure maker
Photo: vivat

Background: During a large-scale Russian attack on Kharkiv on Thursday, 23 May, the Russians hit a printing house. The police said that the Russians had previously struck with an S-300 anti-aircraft system, and three missiles had hit a shop and the surrounding area. Seven people were killed.

Four people were identified from DNA samples. Among the dead were machine operators, a typist and a stacker/packer.

A Russian missile strike on the Factor-Druk printing house in the Osnovyansky district of Kharkiv destroyed 50,000 books.

Support UP or become our patron!