Kira was born in January
After the coastal city of Odesa was bombed by Russian military, the first images of a killed baby and mother have been revealed.
Missiles from a Tu-95 strategic bomber decimated Odesa on April 23, killing eight people, including three-month-old Kira and her mother, Valeria Glodan, 27. Her grandmother was also killed, and a further 18 people were injured, reports the Mail Online.
“Behind my back is what the [Russian] occupiers name ‘a military object’,” Odesa’s mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov said. “What they hit today with their high-precision weapon, this is what they call a military object.
Odesa, #Ukraine. Russians are trying to spread terror and chaos here too.
An amazing city with a long and brilliant culture. Russians often refer to it as "Odessa Mama" ("mama" is the mother). Now they are bombing it.
l love this city and used to attend the Odesa Film Festival pic.twitter.com/ewfFP5S4s9
— Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) April 23, 2022
He continued: “Eight people were killed, one of them a three-month-old baby girl, a resident of Odesa, who wasn’t given a chance to see life.
“Scumbags you are, may you burn in hell.”
Valeria Hlodan & her infant daughter were 2 of 8 people killed in Odesa today by Russian missiles. Her post on Instagram where this photo was shared read: “Those were the best 40 weeks. Our girl is a month old now. Papa gave her her first flowers. It’s a new level of happiness.” pic.twitter.com/pc0xlrhohu
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) April 23, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attack in his nightly address and branded the Russian forces “b******s.”
“The war started when this baby was 1 month old. Can you imagine what is happening?” he said. “They are just b******s. I don’t have any other words for it, just b******s.”
Ukrainian BBC journalist Myroslava Petsa took to Twitter to share the story, where she wrote: “Valeria was a new mother, her baby daughter Kira was just three month old.
Valeria was a new mother, her baby daughter Kira was just three month old. Russia took away their lives today when its rocket hit a residential building in Odesa.
Valeria’s husband and Kira’s father Yuri posted these pictures of them. pic.twitter.com/pendbL6bi2— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) April 23, 2022
“Russia took away their lives today when its rocket hit a residential building in Odesa.
“Valeria’s husband and Kira’s father Yuri posted these pictures of them.”
It’s Easter, a young Ukrainian family is killed by a Russian missile in Odesa.
Zelensky is barely holding back tears, calling the perpetrators “scumbags,” in an largely off-script speech, filled with grief.
Putin, the perpetrator, goes to church for a photo op.
— Oleksiy Sorokin (@mrsorokaa) April 23, 2022
Earlier this year, just four weeks after Kira was born, Glodan shared images of her pregnancy on Instagram.
“These were the best 40 weeks of my life,” she said. “Our baby is already a month old.”
She continued: “Her papa presented her with her first flowers.
“This is an entirely new level of happiness.”
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