On 14 January 2023, the city of Dnipro came under a missile attack. One of the missiles destroyed two entrances of a nine-storey building on Peremohy Embankment. 63 apartments were completely destroyed. Forty-six residents of the building were killed, six of them children, 81 people were injured, and nine more were reported missing.

Yuriy Kononenko's daughter Eva was at home that day. At the moment of the explosion, she and her grandmother fell into the abyss along with the apartment and were trapped in the ruins. The grandmother's body was found only on the fourth day... Eva was pulled out of the ruins earlier. She suffered numerous injuries but survived. She is now preparing for her wedding.