Ukraine war: Four-year-old Liza killed by Russian attack on Vinnytsia

A pink pram covered in blood is laying on its side in a patch of grass in front of the torched, burned remnants of the Jubilee department store. It belonged to Liza, a young Liza. The centre of Vinnytsia was struck by Russian missiles on Thursday, killing three young children, including the four-year-old.

Iryna Dmytriyeva, her mother, was severely hurt during the assault. Eight more persons are still missing, bringing the total number of fatalities to 23. Hospitals are housing dozens more.

Iryna had uploaded a video online just before the missiles hit. Little Liza was beaming and pushing her pink chair in front of her as they talked about going to meet her speech therapist on this lovely sunny day. She oversees the LogoClub facility for people with disabilities, where Liza had gone to a session that morning as she typically did.

The four-year-old daughter has Down syndrome, and her mother started posting images of the girl’s life on Instagram not long after giving birth to her single child.

The LogoClub Liza attended is only a block from Victory Square, the site of the missile strikes, and when the air raid siren sounded, the staff had already escorted all the kids to the shelter.

Liza and her mother were still in the street, though, like many other individuals. Since Kyiv was far from the battle lines when the war started, they had fled there for safety before returning to Vinnytsia. However, no longer is Ukraine secure anywhere. According to local officials, since Russia started its conflict, 352 children have perished and hundreds more have been injured. The most recent killings were described as a terrorist incident by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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