Ukrainian woman plays piano amid ruins of her bombed home
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A resident of the village of Myla played the piano in a ruined room (Photo: Iryna Shev/Screenshot/NV collage)
Tetiana, whose home in the village of Myla in Kyiv Oblast was damaged by a Russian airstrike, played the piano ballad Nich Yaka Misyachna ("What a Moonlit Night") amid the ruins of her living room.
The video was shared by journalist Iryna Shev on Instagram on Aug. 30, as well as by Tetiana's daughter, Viktoria.
"Because you can destroy walls, but you can't destroy our soul. As long as a Ukrainian song plays amid the ruins, Ukraine lives on," Viktoria wrote in the caption of her post.
Tetiana's home suffered extensive damage during a Russian attack that triggered the detonation of an ammunition storage site in the village of Myla, in Kyiv Oblast. The roof was completely destroyed, the walls damaged, and windows and doors blown out as a result of the Russian strike, Viktoria said on her Instagram account.
She noted that this is the second time the family's home has been damaged by the war. The first time was in 2022, during Russia's occupation of the area.
The video has drawn nearly 900,000 views and more than 67,000 likes. In the comments, Ukrainians have expressed admiration for the woman who played music despite her home's destruction, along with messages of support for the family. "Only Ukrainians can do that — a Ukrainian woman is an incredible force," and "tears in my eyes," users wrote in the comments.
The Russian attack and explosions in Myla
On Aug. 28, Russian forces struck a storage site for shells, mines, other ammunition, and drones belonging to Ukraine's Defense Forces in the village of Myla, in the Bucha district of Kyiv Oblast. The attack sparked a major fire and triggered a chain of detonations.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered law enforcement to investigate why the ammunition had been stored near residential homes. He noted this was the second such incident after the detonation in Vyshneve, and stressed that such incidents are unacceptable.
A nursing home for elderly residents, Dobryi Dim (Good Home), was located near the epicenter of the explosion. Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv Oblast Military Administration, reported that 34 people died at the facility as a result of the attack.
On Aug. 30, Tkachenko said about 300 damaged sites had been recorded in Myla and neighboring communities, including more than 200 private homes and 14 apartment buildings. The number of injured had risen to 52.
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