Major faculty trainer Olena Udovychenko and her nine-year-old son Hordii have been killed in a Russian missile strike on Kharkiv on the night time of 6-7 March.

Supply: Olena's colleagues and the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine

Particulars: Olena Udovychenko taught at Kharkiv Lyceum No. 6. Her son Hordii was enthusiastic about ice hockey.

Quote from the college: "Caring, open, all the time prepared to assist – that’s how everybody knew Olena Mykhailivna. She knew the best way to help individuals in troublesome moments and impressed her younger pupils to attain and uncover new issues.

They are saying that main faculty lecturers lay the muse of an individual's future, and Olena Mykhailivna did this with boundless love, giving every youngster part of her maternal heat."

9-year-old Hordii attended the identical faculty the place his mom labored. Workers bear in mind him as a hard-working, well-mannered and open boy who was rising up in a loving household.

"Hordii was a honest, type and open boy who actually liked ice hockey, his group and coaching. We bear in mind his smile, his dedication on the ice, and the enjoyment he introduced with him to each follow," the hockey federation shared.

The top of the college's commerce union has launched a fundraiser to help the household of Olena and Hordii. Particulars could be discovered on this publish.

Background: On the night time of 6-7 March, Russian forces struck a high-rise residential constructing in Kharkiv with ballistic missiles. Eleven individuals have been killed within the assault and at the very least 10 others have been injured.

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