Tragedy in Sumy region: woman killed by Russians was pregnant with twins

On the night of September 30, a Russian strike drone carried out a targeted strike on a residential building in the village of Chernechchyna, Krasnopilsk community, Sumy region. As a result of the attack by the occupiers, a family – a couple and their two young sons – died. The bodies of all four victims were found under the ruins of the house.

Now it has been revealed that Alena Lesnichenko, who died with her husband and children, was pregnant with twins.

According to local publication Kordon.Media , the family moved to Chernechchyna from Krasnopillya, fleeing shelling, and settled in their parents’ house. The man was 35 years old, and his wife was only 26.

Village head Oksana Chernova noted that the family traveled the distance in search of a safer shelter.

“The Lesnichenko family moved to Chernechchyna from Krasnopillya because their house was damaged,” she said.

Neighbors said that there were still children’s clothes left in the house, which they had washed and left to be prepared for the birth of two more children – but no one would need them anymore.

“Children’s clothes among the ruins are perhaps the only reminder that life was bustling here, and a family with two sons was waiting for the arrival of two more children,” the publication writes.

The publication also published a photo of Denis and Yegor Lesnichenko, who were killed by Russians. The children died as a result of shelling.

The Russian attack on the Lesnichenko family followed a series of drone strikes on border communities in Sumy Oblast. The Krasnopil community has declared days of mourning on September 30 and October 1. This is a bitter loss not only for the family, but also for the entire community, which honors the memory of the victims of this brutal attack.

As reported, on the night of Tuesday, September 30, a Russian strike drone hit a residential building in the village of Chernechchyna, Krasnopil community, Sumy region . A couple with two young sons, ages 4 and 6, lived there. Unfortunately, everyone died. Rescuers recovered the bodies of four people from the rubble.

Also in the center of Konotop, a 79-year-old man was wounded in the abdomen by a falling air defense bullet.