Matvey had attempted to escape from Bucha with his family, but not too long into their journey, they encountered Russian troops, who showed hostility. Matvey was killed when the Russians opened fire with machine guns. Only his father survived∼Matvey was a civilian casualty of the Russian war in Ukraine. While driving out of the wartorn town of Bucha, just west of Kyiv,the Chykmariov family car came under fire from a hidden Russian tank. The family tried to surrender, but it was too late. Their father, behind the wheel, was the only survivor. He pulled himself out of his burning car, unable to save his family; his wife Margarita and two little sons, Matvey and Klim, died in the attack.
Matvey had attempted to escape from Bucha with his family, but not too long into their journey, they encountered Russian troops, who showed hostility. Matvey was killed when the Russians opened fire with machine guns. Only his father survived∼Matvey was a civilian casualty of the Russian war in Ukraine. While driving out of the wartorn town of Bucha, just west of Kyiv,the Chykmariov family car came under fire from a hidden Russian tank. The family tried to surrender, but it was too late. Their father, behind the wheel, was the only survivor. He pulled himself out of his burning car, unable to save his family; his wife Margarita and two little sons, Matvey and Klim, died in the attack.
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