Ukrainian father rushes home after Russian airstrike to find 2-year-old daughter dead in rubble
LA TimesUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, “Russian weapons and hatred continue to take and destroy the lives of Ukrainian children every day.” A Ukrainian man rushed to his home outside the central city of Dnipro in hopes of rescuing his family, only to find his 2-year-old daughter dead and wife seriously wounded as he helped pull them from the rubble of their apartment destroyed in one of Russia’s latest airstrikes of the war, authorities reported Sunday. Zelensky, who on Thursday had noted International Children’s Day, said “Russian weapons and hatred continue to take and destroy the lives of Ukrainian children every day,” adding that “many of them could have become famous scholars, artists, sports champions, contributing to Ukraine’s history.” “We must hold out and win this war!” he said. Ukrainian air force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said that two missiles struck a military air base in Kropyvnytskyi in central Ukraine’s Kyrovohrad province. Russia’s Defense Ministry said that the military destroyed Ukrainian warplanes and ammunition depots in strikes on Ukrainian airfields, but didn’t give further specifics.