“And all I can do is cry,” she continued. “She was shot in the middle of the street, less than 15 minutes away … a bullet the size of my finger.”
“I understand that it wasn’t possible because she hadn’t been in touch for a month,” she told the paper. “But a child will always be waiting for her mother.”
Heart manicure tells the story
A Reuters photographer captured an image of Iryna’s hand while photographing the dead in Bucha.
Iryna Filkina’s manicure was unique. On the nail of her ring finger, she had painted a pink and purple heart. It made the identification possible.
Her friend Anastasiia Subacheva, is a makeup artist in the nearby town of Gostomel. She told the New York Times that she immediately recognized her friend’s hand.
“When I saw it, I felt physical like my heart started to break,” she explained.
Subacheva has worked in the suburbs around Bucha for five years. She told the Times that Filkina had started getting lessons in February. And her dream was to become a make-up artist and manicurist.
