Three-year-old girl rescued from under rubble in Pryluky loses grandmother and uncle in Russian attack

On the morning of 7 October, following the deadly Russian attack on Pryluky, a rescue worker carried three-year-old Zlata out of the rubble of one of the buildings. A photo of the firefighter holding the child in his arms quickly spread across social media.

The little girl is currently in hospital, as is her mother.

Source: Vladyslav Stoianov, head 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 mother had travelled to visit her aunt and her father stayed at home.

Liudmyla, Zlata's grandmother, also came to visit the family.

Zlata's aunt, police officer Yuliia Malysh, was injured and remains in hospital in a serious condition. Her husband, 47-year-old police veteran Oleh, and her mother were killed in the attack.

Background:

• Russian forces attacked Pryluky with missiles on 7 October. The attack hit an apartment building, the Centre for Children and Youth Creativity 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 in Pryluky declared 7, 8 and 9 October days of mourning.

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