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Artem and Olena Voronovy moved into a house located in the village of Radushne, Kryvyi Rih district, Dnipropetrovsk region with their ten children in 2020, ZDG reports.
The outlet reported that now at the site where the house once stood there is a deep crater left by a missile that blew everything down to the foundation.
"Around are piles of debris, among which, whether one likes it or not, the eye rests on a few remnants of former life and someone’s hobbies: a dusty bag with tennis rackets, the magazine 'Creative Crafts,' rolls of wallpaper, diapers, an exercise notebook 'Mathematics. First Grade,' an alphabet book, children's drawings, diplomas and, lost among the ruins, a small blue festive dress," the article says.
The publication suggests that it belonged to seven-year-old Emiliya. Or perhaps it was handed down to the younger girls from the older ones, as often happens in large families.
"The imagination recreates the children's laughter that not long ago filled this place, where everyone did their usual tasks: some did homework, others baked buns while the parents were at work, others cared for the ducks and chickens, giving them names, someone painted and then took part in competitions, earning diplomas: 'Awarded to Zakharii Voronov and Viorika Voronova, students of the Creative Workshop,'" the article says.
However, the publication says, reality returns to the rumble of equipment, to these diplomas that seem to be needed by no one, among the concrete rubble, and to ten funeral portraits on an improvised memorial of flowers and toys arranged by residents of the village of Radushne in Dnipropetrovsk region.
"From the framed photos, staring at us are 47-year-old Artem, 41-year-old Olena, 17-year-old Mark, 16-year-old Dominika, 14-year-old Viorika, 13-year-old Zakharii, 11-year-old Azari-Ilai, 9-year-old Federika, 7-year-old Emiliya and one-and-a-half-year-old Artem Voronov. In an instant they were all killed by a Russian ballistic missile. Only their dog Rocky miraculously survived," the outlet notes.
Artem and Olena Voronovy with their children / Photo: t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official It is noted that from time to time locals bring flowers and toys. Some pay their respects in silence, bowing their heads. Others cannot hide their grief and cover their faces with their hands.
"We have known them since they were little, we worked with their parents. They (Artem and Olena, ed.) fell in love with each other as children and were together since school. They founded a family, had so many children… Both come from large families. I think it wasn't easy for them, but they bought this house, repaired it and took care of it," Lyudmyla said as she laid flowers on the ruins.
The article adds that at first her eyes became a little moist, then she could not hold back and began to cry:
"They were a family of believing Ukrainians, they were so sincere. Olena always dressed the children in beautifully embroidered shirts… She was so creative, bright, loved all things beautiful, loved flowers very much. Forgive me…".
The publication noted that two more houses nearby were completely destroyed. One of them was uninhabited, while from the other two children were rescued from under the rubble. On the neighboring street roofs were torn off, windows broken, and walls cracked.
"If you go out into the street, you see the entire neighborhood. The shock wave tore the roofs off all the houses. The explosion was so powerful I thought the whole house would collapse. In the place where the missile fell, everyone was covered with debris. It's a pity it didn't fly a little further… Behind the house there is an empty space, but now nothing remains of it (of the house, ed.)," shared neighbor Vitalii, who helped clear the debris.
25-year-old Aurika, the oldest of the Voronov children, who lives in Germany, wrote on social media that she became the sister of seven little angels:
"2020 years. We were photographed for a national shirt contest… Mom took the photos. I was the older sister, and now I am the sister of seven little angels."
Aurika with her brothers and sisters / Photo: www.instagram.com/p/DbdhfpXMKtx/ The outlet noted that her mother recently visited her to see two grandchildren. She returned home the day before the tragedy.
From the large family, only Aurika and two boys survived: 20-year-old Matvii, who lives in Poland, and 23-year-old Danylo, who is currently serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On the night of 30 July his sister first called him, and then his grandmother, who with tears in her eyes said: "There is nothing left of our house."
"I realized that everyone had been at home. The only hope was that maybe Mark had been in the city (Kryvyi Rih, ed.) with his girlfriend. I called him, but his phone was out of coverage…", Danylo said.
The publication shared that that night he drove from Mykolaiv at full speed and by morning had already reached Radushne. By the time he arrived, the bodies of the parents, Mark and Emiliya had already been recovered.
"When I came up to show the house layout, since only the foundation remained, I looked at the crater and realized that this was exactly where the baby’s crib had stood…," Danylo told of his one-and-a-half-year-old son Artem, who was visiting his grandparents.
Danylo noted that on Friday, 31 July, he was supposed to pick him up. His father worked as a chief foreman at the regional power networks in Kryvyi Rih. His father taught him to play chess when he was a child, and the boy practiced to beat him. His mother, he said, worked as an economist at the local clinic.
"Everyone had their own hobby. Everyone did something. And they did a lot of household chores. I remember that every time I came home, Dominika and Viorika were baking something: either pies or sausages in dough," Danylo recalled.
The funeral ceremony in Radushne took place on 3 August. Aurika and Matvii came to Ukraine to bury their parents, Artem and Olena, as well as Mark, Azari-Ilai and Emiliya, whose bodies were found and identified.
People carry flowers to the place where the family died / Photo: t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA The outlet explained that the rest — Dominika, Viorika, Federika, Zakharii and the youngest, Artem — are officially considered missing.
According to the Kryvyi Rih district administration, 17 body fragments were found that require expert examination and further identification.
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