Bohdan Mukhin was killed on March 6, 2022, as a result of the shelling of Mariupol. He was just two months away from turning 18.
The young man lived with his family in a private house in the Left Bank district. They were afraid to leave, hoping for an official evacuation.
“We woke up. I was making tea, and Bohdan stepped outside to use the toilet. That’s when the explosion happened. The shell tore my son in half. We collected his remains in a neighbor’s yard. We couldn’t bury Bohdan ourselves, so we put him in the trunk and drove to Hospital No. 4. The morgue wasn’t working. They told us: ‘You can leave the body by the hospital. All we can do is attach a tag.’ That’s the response we got. We left my son’s body by the hospital and drove back,” said his mother, Hanna.
Bohdan was born into a large family. He had eight brothers and sisters. He studied at a metallurgical vocational school.
“My son dreamed of starting his own business, wrote project plans. He loved football. He loved his family, he loved life,” Hanna added.
Bohdan Mukhin was buried on June 8, 2022, in a mass grave at the Vynohradne Cemetery. He is survived by his mother, siblings, and girlfriend.
At 9:00 a.m. — the nationwide moment of silence. The Donetsk Regional Military Administration and the Memorial platform “Killed by Russia” remember the residents of Donetsk region who were killed by the Russian Federation.