Valeriia Maksetska, a 31-year-old Ukrainian woman, set out to find medicines for her sick mother when she was allegedly shot dead by a Russian tank in a village outside Kyiv. Her mother Irina and the driver of the vehicle also died in the ambush.
Valeriia Maksetska, who was a trained medic, had decided to stay back in Ukraine after Russia invaded in order to help the locals.
She only decided to flee the country after her mother’s medicine ran out. They were driving towards the country’s western borders when they were attacked and killed.
According to a Daily Mail report, their vehicle pulled over to allow the Russian troops to pass when one of them opened fire at their car.
‘BRAVE WOMAN’
Valeriia Maksetska had been working with the United States Agency for International Development before she died. USAID administrator Samantha Power confirmed her death.
In a statement, Samantha Power said, “I’m enormously sad to share the death of Valeriia ‘Lera’ Maksetska – proud Ukrainian, beloved USAID implementing partner & brilliant, compassionate leader on building social cohesion and fighting disinformation. She was killed by the Russian military just shy of her 32nd birthday.”
