Valeria and little Kira are smiling, a bottle in their tiny hands. Left alone as the war rages in Ukraine, it is his father who tells of these new broken lives: Yesterday he lost his newborn daughter and also his young wife under the rockets in Odessa. Iurii Goldon posted four recordings on Instagram: “You are in our hearts,” he writes and receives dozens of condolence comments, but also promises of revenge. The terrible news of the war has now lasted 60 days, the number of children who have lost their lives will increase every day, but the pain of each loss cannot be eased. Four photos depicting intimate gestures, the astonishment of expectant parents: there is the father with a satisfied look, holding a small bundle with the surprised expression typical of newborns and wearing a pink hat on his head; a close-up focuses on her hands, a small fist held in the strong hand of a young man who works with his hands (he is a master confectioner). THAT
Finally, the last picture shows an elderly woman with a look of pride and tenderness for the little girl who is climbing on her chest: maybe the grandmother. Some testimonies say that she too may have died under Russian bombs yesterday. Photos to be added to those posted online before the tragedy: there is Valeria with the baby bump, Kira on the day of her birth with the bracelet indicating the date of January 4, 2022 and many other images of life together, that are swept away forever. She is gone now and her little girl is gone, but we know they felt happy before the horrors of war entered their lives: “Our little girl is already a month old. Her first flowers. This is a new one Level of happiness,” Valeria said on social media on February 5. Yelyzaveta and Sonia must have been happy too: they were barely ten years old, lived in Mariupol and wanted to be actresses, but found them buried under the rubble. “Two talented angels, we will never forget them,” vowed the city’s mayor’s adviser, Petro Andriushchenko, who broke the news on Telegram. Here, too, a photo tells of two little girls who have no idea what would have happened: blond hair, the first is sitting at a table holding a cup, the second is standing and looking away with a barely hinted smile. Both had played Lucy, the smallest and most enterprising of the four Pevensiene brothers, protagonists of The Chronicles of Narnia. We are in England at the time of the Second World War and to avoid the bombing of London he is hiding in the countryside. “A sad symbolism,” remarks Andriushchenko bitterly.
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