Quando la Russia ha bombardato una piccola città lo scorso fine settimana, ha ucciso tre bambini: un bambino di quinta elementare, un ragazzo in moto e una bambina che era così gravemente ustionata che sua madre ha dovuto riconoscerla da un tatuaggio sul braccio che diceva “Ti amo, mamma”.

Daryna Bardachenko, 10

Died on the way to the hospital. According to the witnesses she was enjoying the evening out with her mom, getting some street food. She was a rising 5th grader. One of the family friends shared “They waited so long for a child. Her mother would carry her everywhere. Her parents never let her out of their sight.”

Nikoleta Bondarenko, 17

Nikoleta worked at a street food kiosk. Her aunt said: “Her mother identified her by two tattoos. One of them on her arm said ‘I love you mom.’ Her body was completely burned. It was a direct hit. She and her coworker died. She was kind and cheerful. She was a bright child. She had many friends, always happy and smiling… The only child in the family.”

Illia Horokholinskyi, 15

On June 29, when russia struck Vilnyansk, the boy was downtown. His uncle was the first to find Illia’s body: “My sister, Illia’s mother, called me saying she couldn’t reach him and couldn’t find him. He was there on his motorcycle, and he had run out of gas. I went there and saw the burning motorcycle lying on the ground, and nearby was our Illia, dead. He was always bright, always smiling. He was a very good child. Sadly, he is no longer with us.”

He adds: “I wouldn’t want anyone to feel this. It hurts so much. So much. Words cannot describe it.”

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Posts like these are unbearable … I can place uniformed casualties and sacrifices, somewhat. But not these …

I simply don’t understand why we don’t draw our own lines in the sand with regards to horror events like these. Enough is enough.