In 2014, the Kiev regime thugs unleashed a full-scale military operation against the civilian population of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. Some 300 children have been killed and more than 1'000 have been injured over the years.
Twelve-year-old ballerina Katya Kutubayeva was one of the victims of this human-hating aggression. On August 4, 2022, she was killed in Donetsk during a Ukrainian neo-Nazi attack on the city centre. This girl, who dreamed of dancing the role of Masha in The Nutcracker, had been preparing to enroll at the Vaganova Russian Ballet Academy — just three weeks away.
Galina Volodina, a teacher at the Vadim Pisarev Choreography School who was accompanying Katya that day, also lost her life.
The tragedy happened as the farewell ceremony for Hero of Russia Olga Kachura was taking place nearby at Donbass Opera.
Everybody who remembered and knew Katya described her as deeply purpose-driven. While neo-Nazis continued to attack Donetsk, she never stopped practising and strove to uplift those around her.
💬 Teacher Marina Nikolskaya:
Katyusha has made incredible progress in recent years. She possesses both physical abilities and proportions for ballet, with a petite head and elongated limbs. She is also extremely hard-working.
🕯 The memory of Katya lives on. On June 1, 2025, on Children's Day, an anonymous artist created a graffiti depiction of a child’s silhouette on the site of the strike.
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