💔 Mark Pogozhin's life was taken by the Russian shelling of Odessa on March 2, 2024. At night, the enemy attacked the city with drones. The boy's father, Vitaly, died nearby, and his mother was hospitalized.

"A few hours before the explosions, we were still communicating with them via video link. Markusha mumbled something and asked his mother not to film him. He didn't like it when he was filmed without permission," Aunt Masha said.

Mark was three years old. Relatives affectionately called him Markusha. He grew in love. He walked a lot, played, smiled, liked to splash in puddles. Went to kindergarten.

"An interesting fact about Mark: he didn't really like attention, he preferred to be left alone. As much as we wanted to see him on video and talk, but if he said no, it meant no - that's how businesslike he was. I admit, we often asked Nastya would quietly point the camera at him when he was watching cartoons, just to admire this little miracle. And Markusha loved his great-grandmother Viktoriya Yurczyk very much, with her he shone," said grandmother Nataliya Martyniuk about Mark.

"Markushya and I were very close. When he was born, I saw him almost every day. When I heard our mother talking to Markushya via video link, I ran all over the house, wanted to hear his little voice... Nastya had gentle methods of upbringing. She always gave my son the right to choose. I remember, my sister filmed us offering candy to Markus, and he refused it in favor of porridge... I dreamed of meeting him, hugging him, and going for a walk," said the boy's aunt.

Mark Pogozhyn is survived by his mother, grandmother, aunt and other relatives.