Sad News: A Ukrainian firefighter rushed to the scene of a Russian drone attack. He found his wife, daughter and grandson dead….see more

When the chief of the local fire department was called to a scene of a Russian strike in the central Ukrainian city of Pryluky overnight, he and his brigade found five people were killed and nine injured after a drone hit a residential building.

Among the dead: the firefighter’s wife, his daughter and his baby grandson.

“Three generations… there are no words that can ease this pain,” the Ukrainian National Police said in a statement on Thursday announcing the death of Daryna Shygyda, the firefighter’s daughter, who was a serving police officer.

“She was strong, bright and sincere. She was loyal to her oath, fair and had a deep sense of duty – this is how her colleagues and everyone who knew her will remember her,” the police said in a statement, adding that Shygyda joined the force in 2020, when she was 22 years old.

“Becoming a police officer was her dream and vocation. Her firefighter dad taught her to help people since she was a child. And her husband, who is also a patrol officer, always supported and helped in the service,” the police statement said.