Video emerges of Ukrainian family celebrating birthday in yellow kitchen before Russian attack on Dnipro: father dies, kitchen still almost intact | Ukraine and Russia war

The Russian missile collapsed the outer wall of the residential building. But the kitchen withstood the onslaught as the only witness to a real tragedy.

The famous boxing trainer Mykhailo Korenovsky lived in the apartment in question with his family. The family recently celebrated the birthday of one of their daughters. Pictures of that party have now appeared. “Family celebrations were held in this kitchen, but the life of the Korenovsky family was destroyed forever by the invaders’ missile,” read a post accompanying a heartbreaking video shared on the Telegram account of Ukraine’s armed forces. “A loving husband and father did not survive.”

The boxing coach was having lunch during the attack and had no luck. His wife and children were not present in the apartment and they survived.

“This big hole was once my apartment where I lived with my family for 9 years. My kids and I were out at the time of the explosion, and my husband was home having lunch. He planned to join us a little later,” widow Olha Korenovexia, a personal trainer, wrote on her page. on Instagram.

a look. Traumatized survivors of an attack in Dnipro testify

After the Russian missile attack on the apartment building in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine, the death toll rose to 40, including 3 children. This is what the Ukrainian authorities say on Monday. Dozens of people are still missing.

Earlier there was talk of 35 deaths, but more bodies were lifted from the rubble in the night.

According to the local military governor, 75 people were injured, including 14 children. More than 100 people survived the collapse.

a look. A young woman was pulled alive from the rubble of an apartment building in Dnipro