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When the head of a local fire station was called to the scene of a Russian strike overnight in the Prilky city of Ukraine’s central city, he and his brigade discovered that five people were killed and nine others injured after a drone crashed into a residential building.
During the Dead: a firefighter’s wife, his daughter, and his baby grandson.
“Three generations… there’s no word to relieve this pain,” Ukrainian national police said in a statement that announced the death of Dalina Shegida, the daughter of a firefighter who was a police officer.
“She was strong, cheerful and sincere. She was loyal to the oath, fair and had a deep sense of duty. This is how her colleagues and everyone who knew her remembered her,” police said in a statement, adding that Shayzida joined forces in 2020 when she was 22 years old.
“Being a police officer was her dream and profession. Her firefighter dad taught her to help people from her childhood. And her husband was also a patrol officer, always supporting and helping in service,” a police statement said.
Shajed’s grandparents, Valentin and Ludmila Rotish, who live in another part of the same house, said Shajed had been visiting his daughter’s mother when the strike took place.
“Misha, the little boy was screaming. Then everything went quiet,” Valentin Rotish told Ukrainian public media Suspern.
“My granddaughter came to visit them with her little one. He was a very interesting child. There were five of them in the house.
Her son was only one year old. His name has not been released, and photos of the baby shared on social media show him leaving his face away from camera, her mother is wrapped in a tight hug and wrapped in a jacket wearing a hairy winter hat.
According to Ukrainian President Voldymir Zelensky, the boy was the 632nd child killed by Russia since the start of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in Moscow.
Zelensky said Thursday that Russia targeted multiple regions and that Russia fired 103 drones and one ballistic missile at the country. At least eight people were killed in the attack.
Zelensky called on the western Ukrainian allies to put extra pressure on Moscow over the Shahed drone attack on Prilky, which killed the firefighter’s family.
“This is another massive strike by terrorists who kill our people every night,” Zelensky said on Telegram.
“This is another reason to impose the greatest sanctions and put pressure together. Strength is important, and only strength can end this war,” he said.
As the Kremlin continues to talk about peace — Recently, on Wednesday, when Russian President Vladimir Putin said Pope Leo XIV is “interested in achieving peace,” it continues to terrorize Ukrainian civilians with daily air attacks.
The tally compiled by CNN shows that as of Thursday morning at least 30 Ukrainian civilians had been killed, and more than 150 people were injured in the Russian strike this week alone.
The attack also came shortly after another call between Putin and US President Donald Trump. The Russian leader said he would respond to Kiev’s bold drone attacks on the Russian air force.
Russia has stepped up its air attacks on Ukraine in the past few months after successfully expanding domestic production of its own version of its Iranian-made Shahed drone, the most frequently used in these attacks.
Analysts aim to create the impression that the brutal campaign is part of a deliberate strategy by Russia, which creates the impression that it is dominant in the conflict and detrimentalizes Ukraine’s morale.
The town of Prilky, where the firefighter family and two others were killed overnight, declared two days of mourning on Thursday and Friday, ordering the flag to be displayed with half-masts and black banners in public buildings.