Funeral held for family "wiped off the map" in Russian strike

The funeral of five members of the same family who were killed in a Russian airstrike last week was held in central Ukraine on Monday, as Moscow again pounded the region.According to the Ukrainian authorities, a direct hit by an Iskander ballistic missile struck the family's house in Kryvyi Rih — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's home city — on July 30.At least two adults and four children were killed but the death toll could be higher as all the remains have not yet been formally identified.On Monday, the coffins of five of the dead were brought to a small church in the town in front of a crowd of several dozen people, an AFP journalist said.The family was "exceptionally good and sincere", said Oksana Stretovych, a colleague of one of the deceased, Olena Voronova. "They always responded to all kinds of situations and tried to help." This photo shows a makeshift memorial honoring a family whose members were killed in a missile strike on July 30, 2026, in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rig on August 3, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Serhii Okunev /AFP via Getty Images Stretovych herself heard "a powerful explosion" on the night of the tragedy.She was unable to sleep...