Nastya Borik — a 7-year-old girl from Odesa — went through the hell of cancer treatment. She had leukemia, a cruel battle that no child should ever face. But her family never gave up. They believed Nastya could recover.

In December 2022, her mother, Maria, along with Nastya, her older brothers Ilya and Konstantin, and her grandmother Lena, moved to Israel. There, the girl began a new therapy — one that offered hope for life. It was a painful decision to leave her father, Artem Borik, a Ukrainian soldier who stayed at the front. Alongside him fought Lena’s husband.

And Nastya won.
She beat cancer. The family, which had endured so much loss, fear, and worry, could finally breathe easier.

But war found them again.

On June 14, 2025, an Iranian missile hit their home in Bat-Yam, Israel. All five members of the family were killed — Nastya, her mother, her grandmother, and her two brothers.

This was not a mistake.
This was a deliberate strike on civilians.
On children.
On people who fled one war — only to find death in another.

Israel and Ukraine — two countries where children pay the price for adult decisions, for political games, for someone’s ambitions.

World, look this little girl in the eyes. Say her name.
Let no one claim they didn’t know.

Eternal rest be granted unto them. 🕯
In memory of Nastya Borik, her family, and all those taken by war.