He saved fellow citizens from the burning bus of death. Kiril (13) is the hero of Ukraine: ‘The dead were everywhere’
That morning on April 13, it passed relatively calmly in the Ukrainian sum. As almost every Sunday, Kiril Iliašenko (13) He sat down with his mother Marin On the bus to go visit a grandmother who lives on the other end of the city. He wrote Kyiv Independent. They were looking forward to lunch, socializing, just to move their thoughts a little since the damn war. The city was a little more alive that morning than usual, and the flowering day was celebrated, many were on their way to the church …
In the next second, hell prevailed in the city. Around 10:20, Russian rockets began to fall to the center of summies. One of them fell near the bus where Kiril and Marina were, there were about 40 passengers inside.
. The bus later became known as the ‘death bus’ …
– I fell to the floor of the same second and I felt the glass falling on me. I waited for it to stop, I got up and tried to open the bus door – recounts for Kyiv Independent Kiril details of that horrible day.
– I yelled to the driver to open the door, I felt the fire spread by bus. My face was all bloody – says Kiril’s mother Marina.
No one answered her. The driver probably died immediately when the Russian rocket was hit. Due to the force of the explosion of the bus door, the bus could not open from the inside, the fire spread quickly …
– I was terribly fed. The bus was burning, I knew we had to go out immediately – says Marina further.
The survivors on the bus were stunned by a strong blow, but 13-year-old Kiril remained taken. He threw his bag out the window and jumped on her to avoid the shards.
« I started trying to open the door on the other side and after a few attempts, I succeeded, » Kiril says, Kyiv Independent writes.
As soon as he managed to open the door, the trapped from the bus began to flee to safely …
– First I saw Mom’s bloody face as people were leaving the bus. I saw the bodies outside lying on the ground. There were a lot of people. But at that moment I couldn’t think about it – says Little Hero Kiril, who was awarded the honorary recognition of the Sumi City Council for his actions.
– Thank you. This was an act of a real man – told him the acting mayor of Sumi Artem Kobzar as he handed him the award. He was also visited by Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klimenko and congratulated him on the courage.
– It’s hard for me to close my eyes, these pictures are still in front of me … emotionally this is very difficult … I was on the bus and I saw my son helping others. At that moment, I realized that I raised the right man – said Kiril’s mother Marina full of pride, but still deeply traumatized by the events of that day …
In this attack alone, the Russians killed 35 Ukrainians and Ukrainians. The number of casualties could have been higher that there was no brave kirila.
– A lot of friends from school contacted me to thank me. One on the bus was a grandmother, the other aunt – says Kiril, who ended up in hospital after a Russian attack. A few pieces of geler were scored in his skull …
And just a few weeks after this brutal Russian blow, little Kiril returned to wrestling training. Not only that, on May 29, he won a silver medal at the European Beach Wrestling Championships for under 15. The competition was held in Croatia, Poreč …
