Family was asleep: mother and 9-year-old son killed in Russian strike on Sumy Oblast, father and grandmother suffer severe burns

Olha and her son Hlib. Photo collage: Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia

In the village of Stepanivka in Sumy Oblast, nine-year-old Hlib Kovtunenko and his mother, 29-year-old Olha, were killed on the morning of 14 August when Russia struck their home with two jet-powered drones.

Details: The boy attended Buryn City Lyceum No. 1, a specialised secondary school, and his mother had graduated from the same institution, according to a post on the school's page.

"War takes the most precious thing – the lives of our children and of those who shape our community's future. This terrible tragedy has been a heavy blow for the entire teaching staff, the student body and the parent community," the post said.

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