Friday 17 June 2022 11:58 PM War in Ukraine: Mother buries her son, 6, HOURS after this photograph trends now
Friday 17 June 2022 11:58 PM War in Ukraine: Mother buries her son, 6, HOURS after this photograph trends now
Distraught mother buries her son, 6, who was one of three people killed in a Russian artillery attack in eastern Ukraine Oleg Kornievski, 6, was killed in a Russian artillery attack outside his house He was mortally wounded by shrapnel and was buried by his mother Ekaterina The child was one of three killed when Russians shelled Lysychansk in the east The United Nations believes almost 300 children have been killed during the war
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It should have been a precious family snap – six-year-old Oleg Kornievski posing for his mother with a bouquet of freshly picked flowers.
But the picture serves as a tragic prelude to yet another heartbreaking story from the war in Ukraine.
For just hours later Oleg was killed in a Russian artillery attack. He was mortally wounded by shrapnel in front of his house and his mother Ekaterina buried him the next day. The distraught mother was seen tending to the earth on his grave, and
