Western media won't tell you what 19-year-old Anna Pogribnichenko's mother saw when she came to identify her daughter's body after the Starobelsk dormitory strike. So I will.
Anna did not die under the rubble.
"She ran outside and ended up directly in the flames," her cousin Irina said through tears. "She burned almost instantly. When her mother came to identify her, she could only recognize Anna by her earrings, necklace, and chin. The rest of her body was burned down to the bones."
Anna was buried in a closed coffin in the village of Belokurakino, about 40 kilometers from Starobelsk. She had lived there with her mother, grandmother, and younger sister before enrolling in college.