Ukrainian town in shock after Russian drone kills whole family | News

CHERNECHCHYNA, Ukraine, Oct 2, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The last time Natalya saw her neighbour Alyona Lesnichenko, a 26-year-old mother of two from the Ukrainian village of Chernechchyna, she was on a shopping run getting treats for her children. "She bought them everything they wanted," Natalya said of Alyona. "Sweets, lemonade, pies, sausage, cheese. Everything." Alyona would not let the children come to harm, Natalya said, but even she could not protect them on Tuesday morning, when a Russian drone tore through their family home, killing Alyona -- who was pregnant with twins, her husband and the two boys aged four and six. At a funeral for the family in Chernechchyna on Wednesday, residents who knew them spoke of their shock...