UKRAINE: Her name was Irina Filkina!

Irina Mirochnik

Her name was Irina Filkina.
A photograph of her hand with a red manicure
from Bucha, which was liberated exactly two years ago, went around the world.
The woman was identified on her birthday, 1 April 2022,
by her ring finger with a heart…
When the war broke out, Iryna lived in the local Epicentre, where she fed people hiding from shelling and cooked for the Ukrainian military.
On 5 March, she tried to leave Bucha in one of the cars that evacuated people from the shopping centre to the countryside, but she didn’t have enough space – she gave way to a woman with a child.

UKRAINE: Her name was Irina Filkina! — Irina Filkina

So she decided to return home by bike.
15 minutes away from home, she was shot by the Russian military…
She was such a kind and bright person that all her friends called her “Mum Ira“.
After her mother’s death, her daughter Olha set up a foundation to help Ukrainians affected by the war.
“I want the photo of her hand to become a symbol of new beginnings. This symbol tells the occupiers that they can do anything to us, but they cannot take away the most important thing: love. The love of people that they don’t have,” says Olha.

A total of 1400 residents, including civilians from Bucha, were killed during the occupation of Kyiv region.

May she rest in peace!
May all the Ukrainians who were killed and tortured be remembered!
To those who will never smile at their families again, sit down at the family table, or meet the next day in a family circle.
Damn you, Russian occupier, for all eternity!

01-04-2024

Irina Mirochnik: PhD, Board Member of the Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, President of the Flexible Packaging Association of Ukraine and representative of the SAVE FOOD initiative UN in Ukraine, Advisory Board Member White Ribbon Ukraine, Member of the Supervisory Board of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine, included in the list of 100 Business Ambassadors of Ukraine

PERSONAL AWARDS / TITLES ( Irina Mirochnik): 2004 – Diploma of the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine; 2009 – The title of “Honored Worker of Industry of Ukraine”; 2011 – Gratitude of the Chairman of the Kyiv City Council; 2014 – “Person of the year” nomination “Industrialist of the Year”; 2015 – Badge “For Merit” from the Federation of Employers of Ukraine; 2016 – Badge of Honor “For services to the chemical industry of Ukraine”; 2016 – “Person of the year” nomination “Industrialist of the Year”; 2018 – Order of Merit(Ukraine), 3rd class; 2019 – Award “Woman of the III Millennium”.

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