A wailing mother held her four-year-old daughter's tiny hand for the last time after her heart was pierced by shrapnel from one of Putin's missiles.
Nadiia Rostochyl and her husband Viacheslav buried little Zlata in a coffin filled to the brim with flowers, dolls and teddy bears.
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The child was buried OdessaSouthern Ukraine – a city that Russia is pounding mercilessly air raids in an attempt to decimate the main port city.
On Sunday, an entire community gathered to mourn the loss of Zlata, whose heart failed after she fought bravely to stay alive for almost a month.
Her mother was pictured holding her hand next to the small coffin and staring into her eyes that would never open again.
Zlata's home town had been bombed with ballistic missiles and illegally cluster munitions on April 29.
The strike destroyed a university building and the Odesa Law Academy, dubbed the “Harry Potter Castle”. eight people are killed and more than thirty are injuredincluding another child and a pregnant woman.
Footage of the attack showed Odesans watching in horror as the landmark buildings crumbled and burned and firefighters frantically tried to save the victims.
Local student Maria said at the time: “A rocket was shot in front of my eyes, this was right in front of me.
“My doors were blown open and the glass was shaking. And then I saw this.”
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Last month, the UN said around 600 children had been killed and 1,350 injured since the war began 27 months ago.
Moscow is accused of it deliberately targeting Ukrainian childrenespecially because of his illegal deportation of children to Russia.
Last year the ICC made a ruling arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin and Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova for war crimes against children.
In Kharkov, another city on the front line, and the focus of Russia's new offensiveThe Sun watched as one Ukrainian soldier married his lover before going into battle.
The number of couples make the decision in the bomb-bombed area rose 11 percent to 10,977 as troops fear they may not return.
It comes as Ukraine carried out its deepest drone strike ever 1,820 miles within Russia.
The attack targeted radar systems and even buzzed close to Putin's £1 billion Black Sea fortress, hitting nearby infrastructure.
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