Nikita Chaly was 8 years old. He lived in the Sumy region: in the village of Ulanovo, and in the spring of 2024, due to Russian shelling, the family moved to the city of Hlukhiv. They settled in a dormitory. That is where the enemy hit on November 18, 2024. His mother, Tatyana, and older brother, Vasyl, also died.

Nikita is remembered as cheerful, inquisitive, and smiling.

"The boy dreamed of a peaceful life, of victory and a quick return to his home. He dreamed of meeting his classmates in the walls of his native school," the community said.

Nikita was buried in Hlukhiv. At his funeral, they brought a toy train and sweets, which the boy had asked for in a letter to Saint Nicholas written the day before the tragedy. In this letter, he also asked for victory for Ukraine.