January 16, 2023 – 10:34 PM
Pictures of a Ukrainian family’s kitchen in the city of Dnipro have caused panic on social media. Yellow kitchen furniture became visible to the outside world after a Russian missile strike completely destroyed the side of the building last Saturday. One of the stairs of the huge block of flats was literally destroyed along with the flats there, at least forty people died in the attack, three children were among the victims. Rescue teams were still searching for survivors in the rubble on Monday.
the BBC According to his report, famous boxing coach Mihajlo Korenovsky and his family lived in the apartment with the yellow kitchen. Korenovsky was reportedly killed in the attack, but his wife and children were reported to have survived the airstrike.
The shocking photo, by Ukrainian photojournalist Yan Dobronosov, is remarkable for the sharp contrast between the ordinary and the abnormal: a bowl of apples remains on the table, dishes waiting to be washed by the sink, while on the other side of the kitchen is the devastation caused by the aftermath of the Russian attack clearly visible.
The kitchen of an apartment badly damaged by a Russian missile attack in Dnipro, January 15, 2023 – Photo: Jan Dobronosov/Reuters
Rescue teams work through the rubble of an apartment building in Dnipro on January 16, 2023 – Photo: Clauda Kilkoen/Reuters
