“All the children were standing covered in blood. They said, “Mum, we were fired upon! Elysey is no more!”

During the occupation of Kyiv region, Russian soldiers shot up a car with children inside. The family of 13-year-old Elysey, who was shot dead, tried to leave the village of Peremoha. Elysey’s younger brother had a fever. The boy needed medical assistance. On that day, several families were leaving the occupied village in a convoy of cars. All of them lived in Hanna Rykhlyk’s house. The woman witnessed those tragic events.