Ukrainian girl receiving cancer treatment in Israel killed in Iranian missile strike

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Maria had publicly shared details of her daughter’s illness on Facebook in 2022. “On August 29, 2022, we heard the terrible news: ‘Your daughter has cancer,’” she wrote. “Since that day, I have been living in a parallel reality, where the main thing is to save. To breathe. To not give up.”

Nastia initially underwent chemotherapy in Ukraine, which improved her condition, but she later relapsed. In need of specialist treatment, Maria brought her daughter to Israel, where Nastia received a bone marrow transplant. But the leukemia returned.

Earlier this year, Nastia’s grandmother Olena flew to Israel to support the family. Reported in the New York Post, she brought Nastia’s cousins, Konstantin and Ilya, who were enrolled in local schools. Despite the October 7 attacks, Israel was considered safer than Odesa.

According to Haaretz, Nastia had difficulty walking due to her illness and used a walking aid.

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The missile strike that killed her came during a barrage launched by Iran against Israel and is known to have claimed the lives of nine people.

According to Ynet, Nastia’s father, Artem, remains in Ukraine, where he is serving in the elite 95th Airborne Assault Brigade. Ukrainian law has barred most military-age men from leaving the country since the Russian invasion.