During the ongoing exhumation of bodies at the mass grave site in the liberated Izyum, the graves of six members of the same family were found. We are talking about Elena Stolpakova, her husband Dmitry, their daughters - 6-year-old Olesya and 8-year-old Sasha, as well as the girls' grandparents - Tatyana and Alexander. On the graves, the date of death is March 9.
“I found out about their death (the death of the Stolpakov family - Approx. “Cold”) somewhere after March 12, but until the last I did not believe until a classmate himself said that he pulled them out from under the rubble and buried them,” she said. Anastasia (surname not named - Approx. "Cold") , with whom Elena Stolpakova studied from the first grade.
Anastasia said that after graduation, she continued to communicate with her friend. The last time former classmates talked after the New Year holidays. The women planned to gather with all their classmates in the near future, but then the war began.
A friend said that Elena and her family lived in the same entrance, but on different floors, so they ended up in the same basement, where they were filled up. Together with the Stolpakovs, about 50 more residents died during the collapse of the house.
“She was a creative girl, loved to sing and dance. At school, we always arranged dances or some other events, and Lena always participated as a director or performer. She was also an activist, not a single event in the city took place without her. She had a lot of friends. She was very self-confident, smart and sincere, ”said Anastasia about her friend.
Elena Stolpakova was the owner of a gift shop in Izyum. On social networks, she wrote a lot about children, posted general photos. Olesya Stolpakova was going to go to first grade in September, and her older sister Sasha was supposed to be nine years old in August. Dmitry Stolpakov played football, Elena went to all his matches.
On March 11, the first announcement appeared for the missing residents search group, which indicated that Elena and her family were hiding from the bombing in the basement of the house. After that, they did not contact.
Source: "Social News"