(7 Apr 2025)
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++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: CONTAINS IMAGES OF DEAD CHILDREN++
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Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine – 7 April 2025
1. Various of mother and grandmother crying at the coffin of her son Herman Tripolets, 9, killed by a Russian missile, during a funeral ceremony ++GRAPHIC IMAGE OF DEAD CHILD++
2. Close up of elderly man crying, while he holds candle during the funeral ceremony of Tripolets
3. Various of family members and friends mourning around the coffin ++GRAPHIC IMAGE OF DEAD CHILD++
4. Wide of men carrying the coffin of Tripolets during a funeral ceremony
5. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Ilona Tripolets, 28, sister of Herman Tripolets:
“We saw that the air raid had begun. Mom wanted to run and shout out the window, but something stopped her. Everything happened in a second. An explosion is not scary, it’s not scary at all. It’s just scary to realize it. We went downstairs with my dad in about 10 seconds. And I immediately realized that it was over, I accepted it immediately, over. And my mom was looking out the window and screaming, asking “what?” and “how?”. We live on the fourth floor. I didn’t know how to tell her (that he was dead).”
6. Various of men carrying the coffins of Danylo Nikitskyi, 15, and Alina Kutsenko, 15, killed by a Russian missile, to the church, during a funeral ceremony ++GRAPHIC IMAGE OF DEAD CHILD++
7. Wide of priest conducting funeral service for Nikitskyi and Kutsenko, ++GRAPHIC IMAGE OF DEAD CHILD++
8. Various of people saying last goodbye Nikitskyi and Kutsenko, a young a couple killed by a Russian missile ++GRAPHIC IMAGE OF DEAD CHILD++
9. Close up of picture of Nikitskyi and Kutsenko
10. Various of men carrying the coffins of Nikitskyi and Kutsenko
11. Various of Polina Pavlova, classmate of Nikitskyi, ringing last school bell for Nikitskyi and Kutsenko ++GRAPHIC IMAGE OF DEAD CHILD++
12. Mid of psychotherapist calming grandmother of Danylo Nikkitskyi
13. Wide of men closing the coffins of Nikitskyi and Kutsenko
14. Various of funeral workers burying coffins of Nikitskyi and Kutsenko
15. Close up of the coffin in the grave
16. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Nataliia Slobodeniuk, 55, teacher of Danylo Nikitskyi:
“I realize that nothing can be brought back. I understand that my heart and soul are torn because these children become not only their parents’ children over time. They also become your children. You live their lives, experience their problems, their good and bad moods. And at this moment you realize that you are helpless, you can do nothing. This is a pain that is simply indescribable. You realize that you will live with this pain for the rest of your life because this child was a part of your soul.”
17. Various of portraits of Nikitskyi and Kutsenko and teddy bears laying on the table in front of the graves
STORYLINE:
Anger and outrage gripped the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday as it held funerals for some of the 20 people, including nine children, killed by a Russian missile that tore through apartment buildings and blasted a playground.
More than 70 people were wounded in the attack last Friday evening on Kryvyi Rih. The children were playing on swings and in a sandbox in a tree-lined park at the time. Bodies were strewn across the grass.
The U.N. Human Rights Office in Ukraine said it was the deadliest single verified strike harming children since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. It was also one of the deadliest attacks so far this year.
“They were holding hands,” said Roman Nikitskyi, Danylo’s father.
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