From Euromaiden Press, Article by: Orysia Hrudka, Bohdan Ben, in cooperation with Real Politika
Edited by: Michael Garrood
On 14 January 2023 at 3.30 p.m. a Russian missile hit the Building 118 in Dnipro city, completely destroying several dozen flats. The attack killed 46 people and injured 86. Serhiy had left his flat a few minutes before the explosion, while his wife watched him through the window. She suffered severe arterial bleeding. Several of Serhiy’s neighbors and friends lost their lives in the explosion. As Serhiy recounts the events of that deadly afternoon, he reflects on the scars of war, which he believes affect children the most.
For Serhiy, 14 January started as an ordinary morning. With his 16-year-old son, the man decided to visit their friends who live nearby. At approximately 3:25 pm Serhiy was leaving, saying goodbye to his wife who stayed at home because she was not feeling well that day.
The father and son had only made it a few dozen meters from the building when the explosion rang out. “It was like the ground was shifting beneath our feet, like on a trampoline.” The yard was filled with smoke, with wreckage flying through the air.
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