Kyiv Grieves 17-Year-Old and His Parents Killed in Russia’s Deadly Attack, Photos

A funeral was held in Kyiv on April 28 for 17-year-old Danylo Khudia and his parents, Oleh and Viktoriia Khudia, who were killed when a Russian missile struck their apartment building during a mass attack on the capital on April 24.

The ceremony at the Kyiv Crematorium drew hundreds of mourners, including family members, who came to say their final farewells. The crowd, made up largely of young people, spilled out beyond the doors.

The bodies of the three family members remained buried under rubble for several hours after the strike, as classmates and neighbors gathered at the site throughout the next day in hopes they would be found alive.

Danylo was a student at Kyiv Aviation College. His father, Oleh Khudia, was a veteran of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.

Inside the Kyiv Crematorium, Danylo’s two surviving older siblings, both in their early 20s, stood across from a teenage girl with long brown hair, Danylo’s girlfriend.

His younger sister, 14-year-old Yana, was unable to attend because of her injuries.

The attack occurred during a large-scale Russian assault on the capital on April 24, in which approximately six Iskander-M or KN-23 ballistic missiles, around six 3M14 Kalibr cruise missiles, and an unspecified number of attack drones were launched at Kyiv overnight.

The April 24 assault marked the deadliest missile and drone strike on the Ukrainian capital since the early months of Russia’s full-scale invasion. At least 13 people were killed and 100 others were injured, including children and a pregnant woman, according to Ukrainian officials.

Authorities confirmed on April 28 that a 45-year-old man who had been hospitalized after the strike died from his injuries, raising the death toll from the Russian attack to 13.