Lviv bids final farewell to doctor Svitlana Lukianchyk, killed in Russian attack

This was reported by Espreso correspondent Natalia Starepravo. 

Svitlana Lukianchyk was 30 years old and worked at the Kyiv children's hospital Okhmatdyt. According to her colleagues, the woman fulfilled her medical and human duty until the last moment - at the time of the Russian missile strike, she evacuated children on dialysis to a shelter. 

Svitlana was born in Lviv and grew up without parents. She studied at the Bogomolets National Medical University, after which she worked as a nephrologist in a department that treats children with chronic kidney disease of all types and any severity. Now it is completely destroyed.

Relatives, friends, colleagues, and Lviv residents came to see Svitlana Lukyanchyk off to the last. She will be buried near her parents.

Russian attack on Okhmatdyt children's hospital

On July 8, the Russian army attacked Kyiv with missiles. The attack resulted in multiple deaths, and the number of victims continues to grow. July 9 was declared a day of mourning in the capital of Ukraine.

Russia struck a children's hospital with a Kh-101 strategic cruise missile. The fragments of the rear body of the missile with a serial number, as well as part of its rudder, were found at the site of the tragedy.

As of Tuesday, 9 July, emergency and rescue operations at the Okhmatdyt in Kyiv have been completed. Two people were killed and dozens were injured in the Russian attack.

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that UNICEF would provide financial assistance to families affected by the attack on Okhmatdyt. He also said that the government would fully rebuild the hospital.