Russian missile kills 12-year-old daughter of fallen Ukrainian soldier in Kyiv

A 12-year-old girl was killed in the Russian strike on a residential high-rise building in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district on 14 May. Liubava Yakovlieva was a student in the sixth grade. Her father was killed in action in 2023.

Source: Kyiv Lyceum No. 323, a specialised secondary school

Quote: "With unspeakable pain, we inform you that last night a Russian missile took the life of Liubava Yakovlieva, a student in class 6-A at our lyceum.

We express our sincere condolences to her mother, relatives and loved ones. The most terrible face of war is the children's lives it takes away."

Details: At the time the statement was published, the school said Liubava's older sister was still trapped under the rubble. Her death had not been officially confirmed at that point. But search operations at the site of the attack have since been completed, and there were girls aged 12, 15 and 17 among those killed.

The school also said that the girls' father, Yevhen "Ryzhyi" Yakovliev, was killed in action three years ago.

Background:

• Emergency workers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine have now finished clearing the rubble at the site of the attack. The Russian strike claimed the lives of 24 people and injured 48.
• Friday has been declared a day of mourning in Kyiv for those killed in the large-scale Russian attack on 14 May.

Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!