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This chilling image shows a family home in Ukraine which was ripped apart by a Russian missile following a children's birthday party.
The bright yellow kitchen - still with apples sitting in the fruit bowl - can be seen exposed from the side of the bombed tower block in Dnipro, after it was hit by a Kh-22 missile on Saturday.
The Mirror understands the cheerful-looking apartment was home to Ukrainian boxing coach Mikhailo Korenovsky who was tragically killed in the strike, alongside at least 39 others.
His wife and daughter survived.
An undated clip posted on social media and shared by Ukrainian armed forces shows a child blowing out candles on a birthday cake.
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The haunting image has left people devastated, framing the innocence of civilian life amidst the brutal and senseless devastation of war.
This chilling image shows a family home in Ukraine which was ripped apart by a Russian missile following a children's birthday party (social media /e2w)Despite having its side wall ripped off in the missile strike leaving it exposed, the cheerfully-coloured kitchen remains remarkably intact with its fridge still upright and chairs still around the table.
Dishes can even be seen stacked by the sink with a pair of oven gloves hang on an adjacent cupboard.
The stark picture was shared by Ukrainian MP Zoya Yarosh, who wrote the now-destroyed kitchen would have been where "cooked their meals", "had conversations" and "dreamed about their future while drinking a cup of tea with honey".
A clip shared on Telegram by Ukrainian forces appears to show a children's birthday party in the flat (social media /e2w)The Kyiv politician wrote: "This kitchen is like the Ukraine, in which we all lived and dreamed. Ukraine, whose flag has the colour of the Sun."
In the room below the kitchen, a picture remains hanging on a striped-wallpaper wall, with the rest of the room blown away by the missile.
The confirmed death toll from Saturday's attack rose to 40 on Tuesday, with more than 30 still missing.
The aftermath of the missile attack (social media /e2w)Dnipro mayor Borys Filatov said on Sunday it was unlikely there would be any survivors among the rubble.
It is thought three children were also among the dead.
The attack was one of several at the weekend from Russian forces, which also targeted Kyiv and Kharkiv.
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Following the attacks, President Volodymyr Zelensky said: “Search and rescue operations and the dismantling of dangerous structural elements continues. Around the clock.
"We continue to fight for every life."