Ukrainian woman plays piano amid ruins of her bombed home
Tetiana, whose home in the village of Myla in Kyiv Oblast was damaged by a Russian airstrike, played the piano ballad Nich Yaka Misyachna ("What a Moonlit Night") amid the ruins of her living room.
Tetiana, a Ukrainian woman, performed the piano ballad "What a Moonlit Night" amid the ruins of her home in the village of Myla, Kyiv Oblast. The home, damaged by a Russian airstrike, had its roof completely destroyed, walls damaged, and windows and doors blown out. The attack triggered a major fire and a chain of detonations at a storage site for shells, mines, ammunition, and drones belonging to Ukraine's Defense Forces.
Tetiana's daughter, Viktoria, shared the emotional video on Instagram, captioning it, "Because you can destroy walls, but you can't destroy our soul." The family has suffered two such attacks; the first was in 2022 during Russia's occupation. The video garnered nearly 900,000 views and over 67,000 likes, with Ukrainians expressing admiration for Tetiana's resilience and messages of support for the family.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered an investigation into why the ammunition had been stored near residential homes, noting it was the second such incident. As of Aug. 30, Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv Oblast Military Administration, reported about 300 damaged sites in Myla and neighboring communities, including more than 200 private homes and 14 apartment buildings.
The death toll from the explosion rose to 34 people at the nursing home for elderly residents, Dobryi Dim, located near the explosion's epicenter.
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