Cancer doctor Oksana (died aged 36) was on her way to the hospital to save a life when her own life was lost in a Russian missile attack in Kyiv on Monday – her son Grisha (5) was an orphan!
Bild reporters were with her father at the crossroads in Kiev, where one of the rockets fell, killing five people, including Oksana.
Gregory (62) is in tears as he shows pictures of his daughter and grandson on his smartphone.
He found out about the missile attack on the Internet, saw the explosion on the street and was immediately worried, because his daughter always goes to work here.
“I started calling her. No one answered. I called her at work, and her boss told me that she hadn’t come yet. Oksana called the hospital in the morning, because the kindergarten did not allow her son for a day, because there was a notification that an attack might happen. However, in the end, They took Grisha to kindergarten and took them to the basement with them – she went to work.
The attack happened within minutes. Rocket terror in Kiev. Rocket terror across Ukraine!
Gregory: “I immediately drove to the scene of the explosion and asked a police officer if there was a car like my daughter’s. They showed us a license plate found on the street…”
Dr. Oksana Leontyeva is one of the most renowned oncologists in Kyiv at the leading children’s hospital “Okhmatdyt”. He saved the lives of countless children with bone marrow transplants.
The hospital paid tribute to Dr. Leontyeva was “a true professional and a source of support for her patients and colleagues” and said her death was “a great loss for Okhmatdyt and all of Ukraine”.
“It is with pain in our hearts that we inform you that Oksana Leontieva, a doctor from Okhmatdyt, died as a result of a rocket explosion in Kyiv.”
His son Krisha is now an orphan as his father recently died of a heart problem.
Grandfather Gregory: “We haven’t told Grisha yet. Oksana was often at work for hours. Until now, mother is working and they think that she is working hard. We will give him this information today or tomorrow so it won’t be too late,” he said.
Oksana’s funeral is scheduled for this week.
“For all parents, their children are the best,” Gregory says, “She was an ordinary woman, she studied medicine. Then she finished university and worked in a hospital. She often told us about her work, it was not easy, some children died because they could not recover.
Regarding the attacks on Ukraine, the father, who lost his daughter, now takes care of his grandson Grisha, and hopes for air defense: “I want to say that Ukraine needs more weapons, anti-aircraft, missiles. If our skies had been protected, those rockets wouldn’t have exploded here, and my daughter might still be alive. Yesterday 5 people died here and 2 people were hospitalized. People die every day. We need help, not words, but military help.
Gregory’s family and especially Grisha need help now. Donation account set up to support orphans:
IPhone: UA253220010000026203331749230
Emfänger: Hryhorii LEONTIEV
SWIFT Code: UNJSUAUKXXX
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