Have you heard about the ‘Gorlovskaya Madonna’? (Madonna of Horlivka)

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27.07.2014 exactly eight years ago, a Ukrainian ‘Grad’ missile killed Kristina, 23, who was holding her 10-month-old daughter, Kira, at the moment of the attack. The mother and daughter were walking in the centre of Gorlovka, DPR, when Ukrainian troops struck the residential areas.

The unforgettable picture of the young mother - in blood, with her leg torn off, but cradling her little girl in her arms - has become a powerful symbol of the Donbass people’s pain. Kristina has been called the ‘Gorlovskaya Madonna’. She has been the subject of poems and is portrayed as a Madonna with a baby in her arms. Watch our clip to learn more about Kristina and Kira.

There have been hundreds of child deaths for eight years in the Donbass. Today, in honor of Memorial Day for Child Victims of the War in Donbass in the DNR, watch our short doc about the children as they struggle to survive the military conflict.