Bohdan and Viktoria, a married couple who were six months pregnant, were killed on October 17 when a Russian drone struck their home on Zhylianska Street in Kyiv.
Four people were killed when an apartment building in Kyiv’s centre was hit by a second wave of airstrikes in a week. Following blasts in central Kyiv, Ukrainian soldiers fired into the air in an attempt to shoot down the drones. Residents sprinted for cover as they witnessed an anti-aircraft rocket fly into the morning sky, followed by an explosion and orange flames.
Who was Viktoria Zamchenko?
Viktoria Zamchenko worked as a sommelier at the GoodWine store in Kyiv, according to Euromaidan Press. Zamchenko was 34 years old. Viktoriia had been a sommelier at their shop on Mechnykova Street in Kyiv for six years.
Viktoria was six months pregnant when she was killed, along with her partner Bohdan and their cat, during a rush hour drone attack on Monday morning. Her body was discovered in the rubble of the apartment building following the attack.
According to Good Wine, the pregnant woman’s body was discovered in the arms of her husband Bohdan, who was planning to take maternity leave in December.
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Zamchenko’s colleagues paid tribute to her fighting spirit.
“We loved Vika greatly. We are sure you loved her too. It is difficult to find the right words. But we will say Vika’s phrase, which she constantly repeated: ‘We should feel less sorry for ourselves’. We will remember her being this strong. Forever.”
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“It is a very dark day for our company today. Today, we lost Vika, our sommelier, an incredibly kind and sympathetic person, a part of our family,” Good Wine shared a message on their social media accounts.
“She was the only woman in the department, but she never showed weakness; difficult tasks or challenges did not exist for her. She genuinely loved wine and her job,” the company stated.
