White flowers, embroidered shirts and flags: Kyiv bids farewell to a 20-year-old medic who died saving people during the Russian Armed Forces attack
Kyiv • UNN
In Kyiv, a farewell ceremony was held for 20-year-old Vitalina Yarovenko, who died during a missile strike while saving people. She was buried at the Berkovetske Cemetery near the Alley of Heroes.
On Tuesday, August 4, in Kyiv, a farewell ceremony was held for 20-year-old Vitalina Yarovenko, an instructor at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Military Training Center, who died on the night of August 1 while rescuing people during a massive missile attack on Kyiv. This is reported by UNN.
Details
The deceased was memorialized at St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral. Many people came to the farewell ceremony in embroidered shirts and white clothing, bringing bouquets of white flowers. This request was made by the girl's mother, Natalia Koretska-Yarovenko.
I ask everyone to wear light-colored clothing so she won't be so sad; embroidered shirts are also welcome
She also asked to bring flags and prepare the lyrics of the song "Volya" by Maryna Kurt to sing it for Vitalina.
Afterward, her memory was honored with a moment of silence at Maidan Nezalezhnosti. Vitalina Yarovenko was buried at Berkovetske Cemetery near the Alley of Heroes.
What is known about Vitalina Yarovenko
The girl was born on April 16, 2006. She was a student at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, studying in her 4th year at the Faculty of Health, Social Work, and Psychology.
In addition, she was an active public figure, often participating in actions demanding the return of Mariupol defenders from captivity. Vitalina was also a volunteer and organized fundraising campaigns to support Ukrainian military personnel.
Vitalina arrived at the site of one of the missiles launched by the Russian Armed Forces as a volunteer, as she was part of a medical battalion. That night, she had just started her shift. Her area of responsibility was the Left Bank of the capital.
The instructor was providing medical assistance to the victims when the medical team came under a repeated missile strike. The girl died from her injuries.
She went to save people, but she herself died from repeated missile strikes. She saved people, taught, and prepared to defend Kyiv
Her comrades and sisters-in-arms also remember the deceased with kind words.
Vitalina was one of those who teaches others not with words but by her own example. She is one about whom it can truly be said: a person of good will. Her choice that night was the same as her whole life: to be next to those who need help, despite everything
Even the First Lady of Ukraine wrote about the death of the young medic. Olena Zelenska noted on her official Telegram channel that behind every Russian shelling are not "strategic targets," as Russian military officials claim, but such deceased families and shattered destinies.
By now, the names of the people (killed, - ed.) by the Russian missile are known. Olena Rozhniativska and her 18-year-old daughter Kateryna, patrol police officer Yehor Teriokhin, and 20-year-old volunteer Vitalina Yarovenko died at the same time, trying to save people... It is painful and unbearable to watch. But I want people in safe, peaceful countries to see the faces and learn about the destinies of these Ukrainians. To realize that this is not an abstract "conflict" somewhere in Eastern Europe
Reminder
On August 1, the Russian ballistic attack on Kyiv claimed the lives of nine people, and 23 others were injured. The most casualties were in the Darnytskyi district, where seven people died.