Sevastopol Holds Funeral for 15-Year-Old After Attack Attributed to Ukrainian Drones

Overview

• Arina Drozdova, 15, was gravely wounded on November 30 in what Russian authorities describe as a Ukrainian drone attack on Sevastopol and died on December 18 after treatment in a Moscow hospital.
• A farewell service was held on December 24 at the Church of the Archangel Michael in central Sevastopol with peers, residents, and city officials in attendance.
• Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev offered condolences as mourners brought flowers and wreaths during the ceremony.
• Sevastopol’s government said it arranged the rapid return of her body from Moscow and handled transport and burial logistics.
• Children’s rights commissioner Marina Peschanskaya called the death a citywide tragedy and said the case will be forwarded for UN submission, while Russian diplomat Rodion Miroshnik counted her among at least 238 Russian children killed since February 2022.