Russians kill entire Stolpakov family in Izyum: grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, her sister and daughters aged 6 and 9

Daria Gerasimchuk, adviser and representative of the President of Ukraine on child rights and child rehabilitation, reported this in telegram.

"Lesia Stolpakova, 5 years old. Russian forces  killed her on March 9, along with her mother, father and 8-year-old sister Sasha. Lesia's parents died very young. Mother Elena Stolpakova turned 31 on February 1, father Dmytro - 33. Private entrepreneurs, sold children's clothes  and were the owners of an online gift shop. They raised two daughters. (For 8-year-old Sasha, Dmytro was a stepfather, and the girl has a different last name, so her grave became known later)," she noted.

Around 07:00 on March 9, to the house on the Pershitravneva street the Russians dropped an aerial bomb, and then targeted it from a tank until it was finally destroyed.  At least 44 people died under the rubble. Most of them were hiding in the basement from Russian shelling.  According to eyewitnesses, they were covered in debris, and neighbors could not help due to enemy shelling.

Darya Gerasimchuk noted that 445 graves were counted in the cemetery where the Stolpakovs were buried, and this is not the only burial in Izyum.

"At the time of the airstrike, Olena's parents, her younger sister and grandmother were also in the basement with them. Four generations of the same family died. In a moment. For what? While the world is playing tolerance with Russia, it burns entire generations of Ukrainians with impunity. Engrave these names in  in memory of: Olesya Dmitrivna Stolpakova, born on April 27, 2016, Oleksandra Antonivna Panyukhno, born on August 22, 2013, Olena Oleksandrivna Stolpakova, born on February 1, 1991, Dmytro Sergeyevich Stolpakov, born on May 3, 1988  Elena's parents: Oleksandr Ivanovich Zhikharyov, born on January 4, 1973, Tetyana Yevgenivna Zhikharyova, born on January 16, 1973,” Daria Gerasimchuk emphasized.