Ukrainian woman dies after her car was shot in close range in Bucha

[Rogue Valley]

Ukrainian woman dies after her car was shot in close range in Bucha

Anastasiia Yalanskaya was delivering emergency dog food to a pet shelter when shot to death by Russian soldiers.

3.5.22
A young Ukrainian recruiter was shot and killed in her car by suspected Russian forces as she was on her way back from delivering food to a local dog shelter outside of Kyiv. Anastasiia Yalanskaya, 26, was one of three volunteers who made the dangerous trek to a local dog shelter in Bucha - 18 miles outside of Kyiv and close to Ipren, where many have begun evacuating- when her car was deliberately targeted by Russian forces on Thursday with 'heavy weaponry', her family said. Her last Instagram story on March 3 showed her sitting in the back of the vehicle, surrounded by bags of dog food. Her friends and family believe Russian troops are taking aim at more civilians. As of March 4, approximately 1,000 Ukrainian civilians have died since Vladimir Putin unleashed war on the neighboring country. Bucha has been in the crosshairs of Russian warfare for days and the shelter Yalanskaya was reportedly traveling to had already gone without food for three days. Her car was found not far from her home, covered in bullets and her body was taken to a nearby morgue.

The Russians didn't even bother to ask any questions. They simply murdered everyone in this automobile with Ukrainian license plates.

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