Photos of mother Tatyana Perebeynos, son, 18, and daughter, nine, who were all wiped out by Putin’s bombs as they tried to flee city of Irpin
Tatyana Perebeynos (left) was killed alongside her daughter Alise, nine, (inset top) and son Nikita, 18, (top right) after Russian artillery rained down on the trio alongside as they desperately fled the besieged town of Irpin, Ukraine.
The photographs of the young family lifelessly sprawled out across the roadside, with their two terriers whimpering nearby, sent shockwaves across the world (bottom right) as it became clear that Vladimir Putin’s ‘humanitarian corridors’ were simply a mirage.
After fleeing from separatist forces in Donetsk, the family moved to the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital four years ago, where they planned to renovate their ‘forever home’ and watch their children grow into young adults.
Ms Perebeynos was head of accounting at SE Ranking, an IT start-up and had joked with colleagues about her future during a work trip to the mountains of Georgia just three days before war engulfed Ukraine.
She was a beloved colleague who had a ‘great sense of humour’ and was renowned within the company for having an approachable personality and gentle manner. Ms Perebeynos’ peers paid powerful tribute to her in the wake of her death, with one summarising her as ‘bright, witty, determined. She was like a big sister to our whole team’.
Ms Perebeynos would never get to realise her own dreams. Living in fear of Russian invaders, she, Alise and Nikita hadn’t been able to flee Irpin earlier because they were taking care of her sick mother 
The family dogs, two terriers (pictured above) were injured during the artillery barrage and left whimpering at the side of the road as their owners were killed