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| Killings of Oleh Abramov and Iryna Filkina | |
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| Part of the Bucha massacre | |
 Former minister of the interior of the Netherlands, Hanke Bruins Slot in front of the photo of Filkina’s hand | |
| Location | Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine |
| Date | 5 March 2022 |
Attack type | Bombing, summary execution, shooting, and war crime |
| Deaths |
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| Perpetrators | Russian Armed Forces |
On 5 March 2022, two Ukrainian civilians, Oleh Oleksandrovich Abramov and Iryna Serhiivna Filkina, were killed by the Russian Armed Forces during the Bucha massacre. Abramov was dragged outside and shot in the head and Filkina was then filmed being shot by a Russian BMD-2 while cycling outside Abramov's home.[1][2]
Background
[edit]Oleh Oleksandrovich Abramov was born on 14 March 1981 in Kirovohrad Oblast. He lived in Bucha with his wife Iryna Volodymyrivna Abramova, whom he was married to for nearly two decades. They met in the early 2000's when Abramov was hired to fix Iryna's roof. Abramov worked as a welder. Iryna's father Volodymyr Abramov lived next door to Oleh and Iryna.[2][3][4]
Iryna Serhiivna Filkina was born 1 April 1969 in Kyiv. Filkina had one daughter with her partner Anatoliy Shchyruk. She worked in the boiler room of a Epicentr K near Bucha. Filkina was a make-up artist and an aspiring beauty blogger. In February 2022, in preperation for Valentine's Day, she got a red manicure from Anastasiia Subacheva.[1] Shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Filkina volunteered for around a week to help prepare food for locals at the Epicentr K market she worked at.[5][6][7]
In late February 2022, Russian soldiers engaged in the Battle of Bucha, and by early March they had moved into the city of Bucha. In March the occupying Russians committed several acts of violence against the civilian population in what is known as the Bucha massacre.[3]
Killings
[edit]On 4 March 2022, residents on the corner of Yablunska Street and Vodoprovidna Street said they heard Russian soldiers advancing in the street.[4] The next day, on 5 March, Russian soldiers threw a grenade into the home of Oleh Abramov (40) and Iryna Abramova (48), Iryna's father Volodymyr Abramov (72) lived next door and both homes caught on fire. Volodymyr grabbed a small fire extinguisher and attempted to put out the fire but failed in doing so. The soldiers then dragged Oleh out and then Iryna and Volodymyr. They were was questioned about Oleh's profession, and they told them that he was a welder he was stripped and forced to kneel down in the street, and was then shot in the head. Abramov's last words were reportedly "Guys, what are you doing?" Iryna then demanded that the soldiers shoot her as well, but the commander who was later identified as most likely being Artem Tareev told her that "We don't shoot women."[2][3][8][9]
Later that morning Iryna Filkina a make up artist whose daughter Olha Shchyruk (26) had warned her to not go cycling due to the occupying Russian soldiers. However Filkina ignored these warnings and as she was cycling home, at around 11:15 a.m. after she turned the corner of Yablunska Street and Vodoprovidna Street outside the home of Oleh Abramov, a Russian soldiers and a BMD-2 on Yablunska Street spotted Filkina and opened fire on her. They fired at least 15 rounds at Filkina, and she was shot at least once in the chest by the BMD-2 which killed her instantly. Filkina's killing was captured on drone footage, which was later uploaded on 10 March.[1][5][6][7][9][10][11]
Aftermath
[edit]Shortly after the liberation of Bucha in early April, pictures of Filkina dead body, specifically her hand, were published by journalists. Anastasiia Subacheva was able to identify the then unidentified woman as Iryna Filkina by the manicure, which she had received in February.[1] The photograph of Filkina's hand became a symbol of the suffering of Ukrainian civilians.[5][12]
Iryna Abramova went on record saying that she wishes that the soldiers who had killed Oleh, had killed her as well. Their home was completely destroyed, and her father Volodymyr had to sleep in a car in their garage. Iryna’s brother Voldymyr Volodymyrovich Abramov (39) said that she never recovered from the grief, and that she was at risk of suicide, and so he would move in with her to try and help her.[3][13]
In December 2024, the National Police of Ukraine were able to identify Artem Tareev (29) the commander of 234th Air Assault Regiment of the Russian Army’s 76th Guards Airborne Division, as responsible for the deaths of Filkina and 13 other people on Yablunska Street.[2][7][8][14]
References
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- ^ a b c d "They Fell Deeply in Love in Bucha. One Russian Bullet Ended It All. (Published 2022)". 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ a b c d Gunter, Joel (2022-04-05). "Bucha killings: 'I wish they had killed me too'". BBC. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ a b "Love letter, ID card point to Russian units that terrorised Bucha". Reuters. 2022-05-05. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ a b c Bern, Stefaniia; Laizans, Janis (2023-02-22). "Friends, family mourn Bucha victim who became symbol of Ukraine's year-long war". Reuters. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ a b ""Olha, don't you know your mother? I can move mountains" - The Museum of Civilian Voices of the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation". civilvoicesmuseum.org. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ a b c "Order to kill "woman with red manicure" in Bucha: Russian commander identified | УНН". unn.ua. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ a b "Ukrainian police identify Russian commander involved in murder of Bucha civilian recognized by red manicure". Meduza. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ a b Al-Hlou, Yousur; Froliak, Masha; Willis, Haley; Aufrichtig, Aliza; Lieberman, Rebecca (2022-12-22). "Their Final Moments: Victims of a Russian Atrocity in Bucha". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ Card, Kirsty (2022-04-07). "Dead Ukrainian beauty blogger only IDed by her manicure after Russian tank blast". Daily Star. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ Somerville, Ewan (2022-04-07). "Bucha massacre victim identified by make-up artist who recognised her red nail polish". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ "Chilling Photo Of Hand In Ukraine Went Viral. Someone Recognised Manicure". NDTV. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ Arraf, Jane (2022-05-17). "In Bucha, a symbol of death and atrocity, life returns". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ "Order to kill "woman with red manicure" in Bucha: Russian commander identified". Ukrainian National News (UNN). 2024-12-30. Retrieved 2025-08-12.