Three-year-old girl rescued from under rubble in Pryluky lost grandmother and uncle in Russian attack
On the morning of 7 October, following the deadly Russian attack on Pryluky, an emergency worker carried three-year-old Zlata, who had been pulled out of the rubble, away from one of the buildings. A photo of the firefighter holding the child in his arms quickly spread across social media.
The little girl and her mother are currently in hospital.
Source: Vladyslav Stoianov, chief of the Pryluky District Department of the National Police, in a comment to Suspilne Chernihiv
Details: Stoianov said Zlata's family lives in the village of Lynovytsia, 15 km from Pryluky. The day before the tragedy, Zlata and her mum had come to Pryluky to see her aunt, while her dad stayed at home.
Liudmyla, Zlata's grandma, had also come to see the family.
Zlata's aunt, police officer Yuliia Malysh, was injured and remains in hospital in a serious condition. Yuliia's husband, 47-year-old police veteran Oleh Malysh, and her mother, Liudmyla, were killed in the attack.
Background:
- Russian forces attacked Pryluky with missiles on 7 October. The attack hit an apartment building, a creative arts centre for children and young people, and a business.
- As of the morning of 8 October, 22 people are known to have been killed, including five children. Another 54 people were injured.
- Among those killed were 58-year-old Viktoriia Bondarenko, her daughter Kateryna Antypenko and her one-year-old grandson Sashko. Viktoriia's older granddaughter Olha survived the attack because she was in another room when the strike occurred.
- Ukrnafta employee Liudmyla Tsyba was also killed, as was an Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) train driver together with his wife and their two children.
- The local authorities have declared 7, 8 and 9 October days of mourning in Pryluky.
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