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Kyiv Funeral Honors Sisters Killed in Russian Missile Strike

5/20/2026

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The funeral for Liubava Yakovlieva, 12, and Vira Yakovlieva, 17, was held at Kyiv’s St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery on Tuesday.
They died in a Russian missile strike on a Kyiv apartment building on May 14 that killed 24 people.
Priest Efrem Khomiak said the sisters’ death reflects a grief shared by all Ukrainians.
Their father, Yevhen Yakovliev, had been killed in combat near Dibrova in Luhansk on April 7, 2023.

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The funeral for Liubava Yakovlieva, 12, and Vira Yakovlieva, 17, was held at Kyiv’s St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery on Tuesday.
They died in a Russian missile strike on a Kyiv apartment building on May 14 that killed 24 people.
Priest Efrem Khomiak said the sisters’ death reflects a grief shared by all Ukrainians.
Their father, Yevhen Yakovliev, had been killed in combat near Dibrova in Luhansk on April 7, 2023.