Ukrainian fireman finds family dead after the Russian drone attack

Ukrainian fireman finds family dead after the Russian drone attack

The head of the local fire brigade was called to a Russian attack in the Central Lucrainian city of Pryky at night. In this incident, five people died and nine were injured after a drone had hit a residential building.

tragic losses in Preyluky

The dead include the wife of the firefighter, his daughter and his grandson. The Ukrainian national police announced in a statement on Thursday that Daryna Shygyda, the daughter of the firefighter and herself, died. "Three generations ... there are no words that can alleviate this pain," said the police in their message.

Daryna Shygyda: A life in service

"She was strong, bright and sincerely. She kept her vow, was fair and had a deep sense of duty - so her colleagues and everyone who knew they remember them," said the police. Daryna Shygyda joined the police in 2020 at the age of 22. She had the dream and a calling to become a policewoman. Her father, a fireman, taught her to help people since childhood. Her husband, who also works as a patrol officer, always supported her in her profession.

The life of the little grandche

her son was only one year old. His name was not published, but a photo of the baby that was shared on social media shows him turned away from the camera, hugged firmly by his mother and wrapped in a jacket with a warm winter hat.

renewed attacks and appeal to the international community

The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj announced that the boy is the 632nd child who has been killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the comprehensive invasion of Moscow. Selenskyj reported on Thursday that Russia fired 103 drones and a ballistic rocket to different regions of the country. At least eight people were killed in the attacks.

Selenskyj asked the western allies of Ukraine to put additional pressure on Moscow. "This is another massive attack by terrorists - Russian terrorists who kill our people every night," says Selenskyj on Telegram.

demand for sanctions and international support

"This is another reason to impose maximum sanctions and put pressure together. Strength counts, and only strength can end this war," he added. He expects the United States, Europe and everyone who can really help to change the terrible circumstances now.

While the Kremlin continues to speak of peace - most recently on Wednesday when Russian President Vladimir Putin told Pope Leo XIV that he was "interested in reaching peace" - he continues to terrorize the civilian population in Ukraine with daily air raids.

rising fright scenario in Ukraine

A report by CNN showed that at least 30 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in Russian attacks and more than 150 this week, including eight in the last 24 hours. The attack occurred shortly after another phone call between Putin and the US President Donald Trump, in which the Russian leader announced to react to the bold drone attack from Kiev.

Russia has intensified air strikes against Ukraine in recent months after it has successfully expanded the nationwide production of its own version of the Iranian Shahed drones, which are most used in these attacks. According to analysts, this brutal campaign is part of a to give the impression that it in conflict the upper hand and to undermine the morality of Ukraine.