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Daughter's Plea: 'Dad, come save us'
13 Oct
Summary
- A Russian bomb targeted Sumy, Ukraine, on July 3.
- A father received a terrifying call from his injured daughter.
- His youngest child was reported still after the bombing.
A Russian bomb strike on July 3 targeted the Ukrainian city of Sumy. The attack occurred around 9:45 p.m. while a soldier, Yevhen Ovcharov, was stationed on the eastern front.
His wife, Nataliia Ovcharova, and their two daughters, Veronika (13) and Milana (5), were walking home from a park when the bomb fell.
Minutes after the initial attack, a distressed Veronika called her father. She reported being covered in blood and that her younger sister, Milana, was lying still on the ground. Veronika desperately pleaded for her father to come and save them.
Devastated by his daughter's call, Yevhen immediately set off in a car to drive the 300 miles back to Sumy, a journey expected to take approximately four hours.
