Sunday 15 May 2022 11:31 PM Pictured: The Moscow bomb that dropped in on a 62nd birthday party in Ukrainian ... trends now Pictured: The Moscow bomb that dropped in on a 62nd birthday party in north-eastern Ukrainian village Vladimir Tereh's 62nd birthday celebration was interrupted by a Russian missile He was drinking tea with an old friend in the Ukrainian village of Malaya Rogan The projectile buried itself in the earth and failed to explode as pair ran for cover By Mark Large for the Daily Mail Published: 23:19 BST, 15 May 2022 | Updated: 23:25 BST, 15 May 2022 Viewcomments It had been a quiet afternoon for Vladimir Tereh before a Russian missile crashed his 62nd birthday celebrations. The carpenter was drinking tea with old school friend Valentin Usanov, also 62, when an air-raid siren app sounded on his phone. The pair ran for cover in an underground shelter before the projectile buried itself in the earth on March 27 and miraculously failed to explode. Vladimir Tereh, 62, left his home and the village of Malaya Rogan after a Russian rocket landed in his garden destroying his summer house He said: 'It shook the walls of the shelter. 'For a moment, I thought it was going to collapse on us.' The shockwave from the impact destroyed the summer house he and his wife Anna built three decades ago in the north-eastern Ukrainian village of Malaya Rogan. The village was heavily shelled and Mr Tereh fled with his wife to the nearby city of Kharkiv, which was also bombarded. The carpenter was drinking tea with old school friend Valentin Usanov, also 62, when an air-raid siren app sounded on his phone The shockwave from the impact destroyed the summer house he and his wife Anna built three decades ago in the north-eastern Ukrainian village of Malaya Rogan He returned to his home for the first time on Friday. Some of the 2,600 locals came back to help clear up after the Ukrainian military defused the missile. Describing his birthday, he said: 'We were only drinking tea because the Russians had looted all the beer and vodka in the shop opposite. 'We had no other plans that day apart from a meal with my wife.' It was a far cry from the barbecue he hosted for villagers last year. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility