The youngest was just 7: the mother and daughters killed in Russian missile attack on Lviv

Correction: The headline previously stated that the youngest victim of the Russian attack on Lviv was 9. This error has now been corrected.

Yevheniia Bazylevych and her three daughters were killed in their home during the Russian attack on Lviv on 4 September. Yaroslav, Yevheniia’s husband and the girls’ father, was injured and is in a critical condition.

Source: Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi

Details: Yaryna Bazylevych, 21, was the eldest of the three daughters. She worked at the office of Lviv – European Youth Capital 2025. She was also a volunteer designer at the Neopalymi project in 2022-2023 [a medical initiative that provides free comprehensive treatment of burns and scars for all those affected by the war – ed.].

"It is with indescribable sorrow in our hearts that we inform you that our colleague Yaryna Bazylevych was killed in the overnight Russian attack. She was only 21," the youth centre said.

"She was a kind and cheerful person, a programme manager at the Lviv – European Youth Capital 2025 Office. She had worked with us since the very start when the Youth Development Centre was set up, and later the entire Tvory [Create] network."

The middle daughter, 18-year-old Dariia Bazylevych, was a student at the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU).

In her second year of the Cultural Studies programme, she was an active student, a mentor at UCU's Volunteer Lab, and a member of Plast, the National Scouting Organisation of Ukraine. She studied at the theatre studio, studying various aspects of acting, the university said.

"Being a very creative person, I am interested in the culture and history of my country," Dariia wrote in her motivation letter. "In the future, I want to develop the culture of Ukraine and tell the whole world about it. This passion arose thanks to my family, who always shared stories with me about the trials our forebears went through as a result of the world wars, the Holodomor, and the Soviet Union. [The Holodomor was a man-made famine in Ukraine that was orchestrated by the Soviets in 1932-1933; it is considered a genocide of the Ukrainian nation – ed.]

As well as me, my parents are raising my two sisters, and we are an incredibly close-knit and harmonious family. My family is an inexhaustible source of support that cannot be compared to any other. They are the biggest pillar in my life, helping me to overcome any obstacles."

The youngest daughter, Emilia, was only 7.

"This family was part of Plast," Ukraine’s National Scouting Organisation said. "After today's attack on Lviv, only the father, Yaroslav, survived. Yevheniia and their three daughters have gone to the Eternal Campfire."

Yevhenia Bazylevych joined Plast in Lviv back in the 1990s. She is remembered as a creative, intelligent, positive and vibrant person. 

Her eldest daughter, Yaryna Bazylevych, started out on her Plast adventure at the age of 6. Plast noted that she was a keen rock climber and a very proactive person.

Daryna Bazylevych was an active member of Plast from September 2017 to 2021. She is remembered by Plast as a very cheerful and joyous person.

Yaroslav Bazylevych is believed to work for a heating and water supply company.

The Ukrainian Catholic University says he is in a critical condition.

However, in a comment to UP.Zhyttia, the First Medical Association of Lviv reported that as of 16:00, a patient who fits Yaroslav's description was undergoing eye surgery. More details will be provided later.

Background: On 4 September, a Russian missile attack on Lviv killed seven people and injured 47. More than 70 buildings were destroyed, and seven architectural monuments were damaged.

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