In Kyiv, a National Guard member rescued a 3-year-old child with their parents from under the rubble

In Kyiv, a National Guard member rescued a 3-year-old child with their parents from under the rubble

On April 24, after a Russian missile strike on Kyiv, military personnel joined in clearing the debris of the destroyed building.

In particular, one of the National Guard soldiers rescued a three-year-old girl, her parents, and a dog from under the rubble, as reported by the National Guard.

The rescuer for the entire family was Maksym Timoshko, a soldier from a unit of the Northern Operational-Territorial Association of the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU).

"First, I took the child. I handed her over to a fellow soldier and returned for the adults. The man was seriously injured, so I immediately carried him to the ambulance, and then went back for the woman and the dog.

It was difficult to reach them – I had to break through the door and act very quickly. Every second could have been the last one," Maksym explained.

After the rescue, the family was evacuated from the strike site and handed over to medical personnel.