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Russian Strike on Kyiv Kills Widow of Chernobyl’s First Recorded Victim

The building houses a community of Chernobyl survivors, underscoring the war’s reach into families marked by the 1986 disaster.

Overview

  • Ukrainian outlets report that Natalia Khodemchuk died in a Kyiv hospital from injuries sustained in the overnight attack.
  • Medics said she suffered extensive burns and severe heart complications after her apartment was hit.
  • The strike damaged the home of veteran Chernobyl engineer Oleksiy Ananenko, whose wife dragged him from their smoke-filled flat.
  • Residents described waking to the sound of a drone followed by an explosion that filled stairwells with thick smoke.
  • Officials said the incident occurred during a larger Russian missile and drone barrage on Kyiv that killed at least seven people and injured about 35.