New Delhi: Ukraine’s Member of Parliament Sviatoslav Yurash (26) on Thursday took to Twitter to mourn the passing of his girlfriend, 25-year-old journalist Alexandra Kuvshynova, who was killed in Russian shelling.
Anton Gerashchenko, advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, on March 15 announced the news of her passing. He said that she, alongside Fox News TV cameraman Pierre Zakrevskiy, was killed in a Russian assault.
Sviatoslav Yurash tweeted: “The beauty of Kyiv. Alexandra Kuvshynova, a young journalist was murdered by the Russians. Her I loved. Decades of happiness and sadness, joy and pain, meaning and loss. Only death could have parted us. Now I learn to hate. You shall never be forgotten. They shall never be forgiven.”
The beauty of Kyiv
Alexandra Kuvshynova, young journalist was murdered by the Russians.
Her I loved.Decade of happiness and sadness, joy and pain, meaning and loss. Only death could have parted us.
Now I learn to hate. You shall never be forgotten.They shall never be forgiven. pic.twitter.com/avipg7CeGX
– Sviatoslav Yurash (@SviatoslavUA) March 16, 2022
Yurash told India Today: “Thousands of Ukrainians are dying She was only one of many.”
Meanwhile, at least 21 people were killed in shelling in the eastern Ukrainian town, local officials said on Wednesday as quoted by news agency AFP.
Artillery fire on Thursday hit a school and a social community in the town of Merefa outside the city of Kharkiv, local prosecutors said in a post on Facebook. Of the injured, 10 people are in serious condition.
Russia has been raining shells and missiles on Ukraine for the last 22 days. So far, 103 Ukrainian children have been killed and more than 100 injured in the Russian attack. Hundreds of innocent civilians have also lost their lives in the attacks.