Father is only one in this photograph left alive after Russian missile kills his family

It is likely Yaroslav Bazylevych survived the strike on Lviv only because he left his wife and daughters to collect some water

A Ukrainian man’s wife and three daughters were killed in a Russian hypersonic attack on the Western city of Lviv.
A bloodied Yaroslav Bazylevych was pictured being led from his home by rescue workers after the deadly strike on Wednesday close to the Polish border.
The bodies of his wife, Evheniia, 43, and three daughters, Yaryna, 21 Daryna, 18 and Emilia, 7, were still being dug out of the rubble as he was treated for his wounds on the street.
They were killed while sheltering in the staircase of their residential apartment block, the Ukrainian emergency services said.
It was likely that Mr Bazylevych survived only because he left his family to collect some water from their apartment.
Families across Ukraine have been advised to hide in the stairwells of apartment buildings during air raid warnings because the areas are said to offer more protection from incoming Russian missiles and drones.
His young family were among the seven people killed in the latest bombardment by Russian forces on Ukrainian cities.
A video posted by the emergency services showed rescuers pulling what appeared to be the body of a girl from under the rubble.
As her remains were brought onto the street, Mr Bazylevych followed behind them.
“In the centre of Europe, Russia is eliminating Ukrainians by (killing off) entire families. The Russians are killing our children, our future,” Andriy Sadovyi, the Lviv mayor, wrote on social media, sharing a picture of the family posing together.
“After today’s attack, the only person in this photo who survived is the man. Mother Yevheniya and her three daughters – Yaryna, Daryna, and Emiliya – were killed.”
Yaryna had worked in the local town hall as part of a youth initiative. Daryna had just begun her second year of studying at the Ukrainian Catholic University in the city, where she had been awarded a culture scholarship.
“This is a great and irreparable loss. There are no words that can describe this grief. Let us pray for the souls of the innocent victims. Let us pray for Yaroslav, the father,” the university said in a statement.
The strikes on Lviv, a city near the border with Poland and Nato, damaged more than 70 structures, including a school, homes and clinics, local officials said.
More than 50 people were injured.
Russia has always denied it targets civilians with its long-range missile campaign against Ukrainian cities.