The body found in the strikes that targeted kyiv on the evening of Thursday, April 28, is that of Vera Ghyrytch, a producer and journalist for Radio Liberty. She was killed by an airstrike while she was in her apartment, located in the residential building targeted by the Russian missiles. “His body was found under the rubble in the morning. Another friend’s apartment was damaged”, testified one of his colleagues on Twitter. Another pays tribute to him on Facebook, speaking of a “wonderful person”.
RFE/RL Kyiv bureau journalist Vera Hyrych killed in Russian air strike on an apartment building, her colleague, Oleksandr Demchenko, said. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/lntfsUX2rU
— Alexander Khrebet/Олександр Хребет (@AlexKhrebet) April 29, 2022
Russia has also confirmed that it is behind the bombardment. “Russian forces destroyed with high-precision long-range weapons the workshops of the space enterprise Artyom in the city of kyiv”said the Russian Ministry of Defense.
