"We wanted to leave the country, but we were just a bit too late": girl, 11, killed in guided bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia

Mariia Levchenko. Photo: Zaporizhzhia City Council's Department of Education and Science

Three people were killed and 41 others were injured in a Russian guided aerial bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia on 19 July. Among those killed was 11-year-old Mariia Levchenko. The girl was trapped under the rubble of a destroyed five-storey residential building for six hours before her body was found.

Source: Zaporizhzhia City Council's Department of Education and Science on Facebook; Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne

Details: Mariia was a Year 6 student (typically aged 11-12) at Osnova School. She also attended art and music classes at specialised schools, where she played the synthesiser.

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