CNN Reporter Breaks Down Crying While Ukrainian Father Recounts Learning Of His Family’s Death On Twitter
17.03.2022 - 19:29
/ perezhilton.com
As Russia’s war against Ukraine continues, many have been left in shambles by the devastation, including one man who discovered his entire family had died via social media.
On Wednesday night, Serhiy Perebyinis, a husband and father of two, joined CNN reporter via Skype to share the harrowing details of his tragic story — bringing the newscaster (and every viewer, we’d imagine) to tears.
After sharing her condolences for his “unbearable loss,” news anchor Erin Burnett asked the grieving family man to share his story. Serhiy explained that he had left his wife, Tetiana, and their 18-year-old son Mykita and 9-year-old daughter Alisa at their home just outside of Kyiv to take care of his sick mother in eastern Ukraine. But while gone, situations at home grew dire as the city lost its access to electricity and water as part of Russia’s malicious attack.
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While it was challenging to communicate with anyone in the city at that time, he was somehow able to get ahold of his wife – resulting in what would be their last conversation. He recalled:
An evacuation grew challenging when the group the family was supposed to travel with had been attacked, he added:
Sadly, as they ventured out on foot, the family was killed in a mortar shelling attack. Being so far away, Serhiy didn’t realize that at first. What he did know was his family’s devices, which he was able to track, were showing up in odd locations, he detailed:
He asked his friends in the area to go check out the hospital for him. A quick look at social media then answered his worst fears. A photo published on the front page of the New York Times and taken by photographer Lynsey