A Ukrainian woman who heard explosions near her apartment stepped outside to find her father's dead body on the sidewalk

A woman who heard explosions outside her apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, went outside and found her dead father on the street.

The father, Victor Gubarev, was killed by a shell fragment that landed on his block. Gubarev was on his way home with bread.

The shell fragment exploded as Gubarev's daughter heard it.

She said that she remembered the explosion and the noise.

At the time of the explosion, the English teacher was preparing for class. Her mother called her and told her that her father was outside.

She said that she began to call him and there was no answer.

She tried to leave the house, but her partner stopped her, fearing that she would be hit by more hits.

A few minutes later, she put on her coat and went outside, only to find ambulance crew members standing over her dead father on the sidewalk.

The family did not flee Ukraine because of their father's health problems.

In his normal life, he tried to smile and joke to support us. She told the news agency that he said to them: "You are my girls, my heroes."

Millions of Ukrainians have fled their homeland due to the Russian invasion. According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, more than 5.1 million Ukrainians have escaped since the beginning of the invasion. More than 1 million Ukrainians left in the first week.

Ukrainians who spoke to Insider over the course of the invasion painted a grim picture of the destruction.

She said she kept the bread her father had brought.

She said that the bread was in blood and that she wanted to keep it. It was the last thing he had in his possession.