Please read my story to the end. I am Ivan Kozyr from the village of Groza, Kharkiv region. I was killed on 5 October 2023. That Russian shelling took the lives of 59 people. I was the youngest...

My brightest features were positivity and a desire to make friends! Everyone loved me for my kindness and obedience. I liked to visit my neighbors, tell them about our plants in the garden and about my life. I was an active boy: I rode my bike and went to the pond. I spent a lot of time with my mum Ksenia, who did the housework while my dad Ihor worked. I always helped with everything that I was asked for. 

From my village, I liked to visit my grandparents, cousin and aunt in Hroza. My relatives recall that I quickly made a mess at their house because I was very restless.

I started first grade during the full-scale war. I liked learning, even though the lessons were held remotely. 

On 5 October 2023, I was already a second grader. That day we gathered for the reburial of my relative - he died defending Ukraine from the enemy. 

A Russian missile hit the cafe shop where everyone was commemorating the soldier. I was killed along with my dad, aunt and grandfather. My mother managed to survive, but her recovery is not over yet... 

My dear grandmother had to identify my body, as well as the bodies of her son, daughter and husband. 

In one moment on October 5, three generations of my family were gone...