Lisa, who had Down syndrome, was on her way to see a speech therapist with her mother when Russian missiles hit the town of Vinnytsia on Thursday, far from the front lines. At least 24 people were killed, including Lisa and two boys aged 7 and 8, and more than 200 were injured, including Lisa’s mother. “Look my flower! Look how many people have come to you,” said Liza’s grandmother Larysa Dmytryshyna, stroking Liza as she lay in an open coffin with flowers and teddy bears in Vinnytsia’s 18th-century Transfiguration Cathedral. Lisa’s father, Artem Dmitriev, stood silently, tears streaming down his face. Liza’s mother, 33-year-old Iryna Dmytrieva, remained in intensive care in a serious condition. The family did not tell her that Lisa was being buried on Sunday, fearing it might affect her condition. “Your mom didn’t even see how beautiful you are today,” Dmitrisina said, crying. Helena Sydorenko, a longtime family friend, said Liza’s mother “put a lot of effort into Liza’s socialization.” “She wanted her child to have a full life,” Sydorenko added. When the war began, Dmitrieva and her family fled Kyiv, the capital, for Vinnytsia, a city 270 kilometers (167 miles) to the southwest, which until Thursday was considered relatively safe. Shortly before the explosion, Dmitrieva had posted a video on social media showing her daughter struggling to reach the handlebars to push her own pram, happily riding through Vinnytsia wearing a denim jacket and white trousers , with her hair adorned with barrettes. After the Russian missile attack, Ukraine’s emergency services shared photos showing her lifeless body on the ground next to her blood-stained pram. The first lady of Ukraine recalled how cheerful and happy the little girl was when she met her. Videos and photos have gone viral, the latest images from the brutal war in Ukraine are horrifying the world. Lisa’s closest relatives sat on either side of the coffin and many others crowded into Vinnytsia’s Orthodox Cathedral to pay their last respects to the girl. “I didn’t know Lisa, but no one can go through this in peace,” said Orthodox priest Vitalii Holoskevych, breaking into tears. Because every burial is sadness for each of us. We are losing our brothers and sisters.” He paused and continued in a trembling voice, “We know that evil cannot win.” Later, in a windswept cemetery, relatives and friends bid Lisa farewell under gray skies. “You loved this song so much, you danced every day. This song is being played for you now,” said Dmytrushyna, Liza’s grandmother. The song was “Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow”, which has become a symbol of resistance in Ukraine after the Russian invasion. “It is suffering and despair. There is no forgiveness for them,” said Ilona, another family friend. A 7-year-old boy killed in the same Russian airstrike was also buried Sunday with his mother in a village near Vinnytsia. They were in a medical center when the rockets hit the building. Another young boy killed in the same airstrike is due to be buried in Vinnytsia on Monday.
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title: " Evil Cannot Win Killed By A Russian Missile Lisa Is Buried " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-30” author: “Joseph Smith”
VINYTSYA, Ukraine (AP) — Beautiful and serene in a wreath of white flowers, 4-year-old Lisa, who was killed by a Russian missile strike, was laid to rest Sunday in central Ukraine as an Orthodox priest broke into tears and told sobbing relatives that “The evil cannot conquer.”
Lisa, who had Down syndrome, was on her way to see a speech therapist with her mother when Russian missiles hit the town of Vinnytsia on Thursday, far from the front lines. At least 24 people were killed, including Lisa and two boys aged 7 and 8, and more than 200 were injured, including Lisa’s mother.
“Look my flower! Look how many people have come to you,” said Liza’s grandmother Larysa Dmytryshyna, stroking Liza as she lay in an open coffin with flowers and teddy bears in Vinnytsia’s 18th-century Transfiguration Cathedral.
Lisa’s father, Artem Dmitriev, stood silently, tears streaming down his face.
Liza’s mother, 33-year-old Iryna Dmytrieva, remained in intensive care in a serious condition. The family did not tell her that Lisa was being buried on Sunday, fearing it might affect her condition.
“Your mom didn’t even see how beautiful you are today,” Dmitrisina said, crying.
Helena Sydorenko, a longtime family friend, said Liza’s mother “put a lot of effort into Liza’s socialization.”
“She wanted her child to have a full life,” Sydorenko added.
When the war began, Dmitrieva and her family fled Kyiv, the capital, for Vinnytsia, a city 270 kilometers (167 miles) southwest that until Thursday was considered relatively safe.
Shortly before the explosion, Dmitrieva had posted a video on social media showing her daughter struggling to reach the handlebars to push her own pram, happily riding through Vinnytsia wearing a denim jacket and white trousers , with her hair adorned with barrettes.
After the Russian missile attack, Ukraine’s emergency services shared photos showing her lifeless body on the ground next to her blood-stained pram. The first lady of Ukraine remembered how cheerful and happy the little girl was when she met her. Videos and photos have gone viral, the latest images from the brutal war in Ukraine are horrifying the world.
Lisa’s closest relatives sat on either side of the coffin and many others crowded into Vinnytsia’s Orthodox Cathedral to pay their last respects to the girl.
“I didn’t know Lisa, but no one can go through this in peace,” said Orthodox priest Vitalii Holoskevych, breaking into tears. Because every burial is sadness for each of us. We are losing our brothers.”
He paused and continued in a trembling voice: ”We know that evil cannot win.”
Later at a windswept cemetery, relatives and friends bid Lisa farewell under gray skies.
“You loved this song so much, you danced every day. This song is being played for you now,” said Dmytrushyna, Liza’s grandmother.
The song was “Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow”, which has become a symbol of resistance in Ukraine after the Russian invasion.
“It is suffering and despair. There is no forgiveness for them,” said Ilona, another family friend.
A 7-year-old boy killed in the same Russian airstrike was also buried Sunday with his mother in a village near Vinnytsia. They were in a medical center when the rockets hit the building. Another young boy killed in the same airstrike is due to be buried in Vinnytsia on Monday.
