Between pain and anger, the first burials organize themselves in Soumy. Two days after the strikes that left at least 35 people dead and more than a hundred injured in northeast Ukraine.
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Published the 16/04/2025 11:34 Reading time: 1min
NATO chief Mark Rutte was in Odessa, Ukraine on Tuesday, April 15, to try to advance negotiations with Russia, discussions that “are not easy,” he explains. He denounces Russian attacks “Systematic” et “Terrible”like those who targeted the city of Soumy, in the northeast of the country on Sunday, and who killed 35 people. While the talks continue, the burials have started.
The ceremony continues, punctuated by the deaf noise of the strikes, in the distance. Natasha, her sister-in-law, says Maryna: a beautiful brunette woman, teacher, always smiling and in good humor. “I feel like a big void, to have lost two very close people. I cannot say that I am afraid for myself, but I am afraid of losing still people around me.”
In the neighboring cemetery, Father Andriy officiates in front of the coffin of Nina. “The hardest part is perhaps finding the words of comfort for loved ones. But people, despite the pain, despite despair, try to hold on.”
The old woman died on the busy bus after the second Russian strike. “Granny, it was like the heart of our family”, tells Valeria her granddaughter, sobs in her voice. “I really hope that now, she is our guardian angel. Hatred gives birth to hatred. I want victory, but unfortunately the price we pay is too high“Since the start of the talks with a view to a cease-fire, the Russian bombings have intensified. Tuesday, several strikes have still touched the surroundings of Soumy.
