In Ukraine, the city of Kryvyi Rih cries nine children killed by Russian bombings – Liberation

A huge yellow plush bear sits in the sandbox, soaked by the rain. All around, other stuffed animals: monkeys, rabbits, dogs, parrots. All this are posthumous gifts for the nine children killed During a Russian strike on Kryvyi Rih, Friday April 4. « An Iskander-M ballistic missile has been drawn from Taganrog (on the Russian coast of the Azov Sea, editor’s note) and reached the Ukrainian city in just four minutes ”, explains Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the local military administration. In total, 20 people were killed and 75 injured that day. The youngest child, Timofei, was 3 years old, the oldest, 17.

« Timofei is my brother’s grandson, I don’t have the words, it’s very hard for me », said a man with graying hair, he articulates with difficulty. With his crying wife, they place flowers and a toy near small cars, angel figurines and candles. The fragmentation rocket bursts have stolen in all directions. Children died in different places, but it is the playground that has become the main place of commemoration. Two days after the tragedy, the flood of bereaved people are not dried up. Even in the rain.

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