Not a “precision strike.” Not a “military target.” A family — obliterated.
The El Akhdar family: Mariia, the mother, six-year-old Kamila, and one-and-a-half-year-old Nazar. Killed by a Russian missile in Ternopil on 19 November. And the image that will haunt Ukraine — and anyone with a conscience — for years: their father, Kamal, rocking the tiny coffin of his baby boy, as if he could lull him back to life.
Kamal survived only because fate was cruel enough to let him live. He spent three days at the ruins of their building, refusing to leave, waiting for news of the three persons who were his whole life.
Rescue workers eventually pulled out the bodies of Maria and the children. No miracle. No survivors. Just a father left with silence, rubble, and three coffins.
This is not “collateral damage.” It is murder. A deliberate missile fired into civilian homes, shattering destinies and stealing futures.
Art: Mykola Yatsurak FB
In Ternopil, a father is burying his little child, gently rocking a tiny coffin in his arms.
Today, people are saying their final goodbye to Mariia and her children, Kamila and Nazarchyk, whom Russia killed on November 19.
Only Kamal, their father, survived in the apartment.
The death toll from the Russian strike on Ternopil has risen to 34 people, according to the regional administration.