Married couple of scientists killed in drone attack on Kyiv

According to Ukrinform, the tragic news was shared on Facebook by Ukraine’s Minister of Education and Science, Oksen Lisovyi.

"Tragically, the enemy UAV attack claimed the lives of distinguished neurobiogist Ihor Zyma and his wife, scientist and Doctor of Biogical Sciences esia Sokur," Lisovyi stated.

He noted that the couple had devoted nearly their entire lives to science, working for many years at the Institute of Biogy and Medicine of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

"My deepest condences to the families and loved ones of the deceased, as well as to all those affected by this morning's terror. Russia is absute evil, spreading death and destruction. The world must respond firmly and decisively," Lisovyi emphasized.

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As reported by Ukrinform, early on January 1, the Russian forces attacked Kyiv with strike drones. Debris from the drones fell in Kyiv’s Pecherskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts.