Kyiv Holds a Funeral for 2 Young Sisters Killed by a Russian Missile Strike
The sisters were among 24 people killed when a Russian missile hit their apartment building, as classmates and soldiers joined the mourning.
- On Tuesday, mourners gathered at the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv to honor sisters Liubava and Vira, killed when a Russian missile struck their apartment building on May 14.
- The girls' father, Yevhen Yakovliev, was killed in action near Dibrova in the Luhansk region three years ago, a casualty of the war Russia began more than four years ago.
- Tetiana, the family's sole surviving member, sat beside the coffins as classmates paid their respects. Priest Efrem Khomiak told the audience, "This funeral, this grief, this tragedy, it is not only your family's."
- The strike killed 24 people in total. Family friend Tetiana Osipova remembered Liubava as "small and seemingly fragile but inwardly strong," illustrating the personal toll of the attack.
- Observers emphasize the conflict continues without immediate prospects for peace, as friends and family remain bound together in this war, rejecting illusions regarding potential negotiations.
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'We Were Supposed To Be Celebrating A Birthday': Kyiv Mourns Sisters Killed In Russian Strike
Friends, classmates, and teachers gathered in Kyiv to say goodbye to sisters Vira and Lyubava Yakovleva, killed in a Russian strike on May 14. Vira was 17. Lyubava was 12. Their father had already been killed in the war in 2023.
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Kyiv holds a funeral for 2 young sisters killed by a Russian missile strike
The St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv has become a place of mourning for many. On Tuesday, it held the coffins of two young sisters killed by a Russian missile strike on May 14.
Two Ukrainian sisters, aged 12 and 17, were killed by a Russian missile in Kyiv (Symbolic image - AI Generated Stock Image). Two Ukrainian sisters, aged 12 and 17, were killed by a Russian missile on the night of May 13-14 in Kyiv. Their mother, Tetiana Yakovlieva, waited for hours in front of the rubble of their destroyed building, hoping to find them alive. Vera and Lyubava were among the 24 victims of the deadliest attack of the year on the U…
On May 19, sisters Lyubava and Vera Yakovlev, who died as a result of a Russian rocket hitting a high-rise building in the Darnitsky district on May 14, took the last trip in Kiev.
This is reported by Jesreso correspondent Natalya Starepravo.Viri Bulo 17, Lyubavi - 12. A Russian rocket landed at booths on the Kharkiv Masyvi. His father died at the front in 2023. My mother died in the middle of her life. They like Baikovoy Kladovishchy.Vikladach Viri Yakovleva Dmitry Koval Rozpoviv, who was a student of another course, the offensive pidrozdilu of the phach college of mystery and design of the Kiev National University. “A ve…
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