Sumy TV, 2025. The story of Kirill Ilyashenko, who rescued people from a broken bus during the shelling of the city on April 13.
The video shows the aftermath of the shelling, the Sumy Regional Children's Clinical Hospital, the entrance, Kirill Ilyashenko on the street, people taking pictures with him, the boy's mother; the site of the enemy missile strike: a part of the Sumy State University building destroyed, a shot bus, burned cars, fallen trees, construction debris, tree branches, bodies of the dead.
Interview: Maryna Ilyashenko, Kirill's mother, talks about her gratitude to her son for the rescue, the bus filled with passengers, her son's treatment, his success in education and sports; Kirill Ilyashenko, talks about himself, his studies, sports competitions and achievements, the explosions, the shelling, his injuries, the rescue of his mother and other passengers, the examination and help of doctors, the gratitude of his classmates for saving his family.
Reference: On April 13, 2025, the Russian army launched a missile attack on the center of Sumy, killing 35 people. Eighth-grader Kirill Ilyashenko, a student of Sumy School No. 4, was traveling with his mother to visit his grandmother when he was hit by a missile. The young man oriented himself in the situation, jumped out the window of the mangled bus and opened the door, saving his mother and the passengers who survived the explosion. Kirill himself was wounded by three pieces of shrapnel in the head and underwent surgery. He received the presidential award “The Future of Ukraine”.