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A 23-year-old Nigerian medical student, Nnani Adaobi Marian, has died after a Russian airstrike hit Kharkiv in Ukraine, just days before graduation.
Kharkiv National Medical University, in a statement, said Marian died on Sunday after receiving medical treatment.
According to local reports, Marian was struck on June 29, when Russian forces dropped aerial bombs on Kharkiv’s Kholodnohirskyi district, in which she was critically wounded.
She was first treated in Kharkiv, then transferred to Germany for specialised care.
Unfortunately, she died there, after which medical teams on two continents had tried to save her life.
Kharkiv National Medical University remembered her as bright, sincere, and deeply committed to helping others.
She had been studying at the university since 2020; during that period, she completed internships at the University of Cambridge and at Biruni University in Türkiye.
Adaobi was heading to a graduation photoshoot with a close friend, Fatima Huseynova, when the bombs fell.
Fatima died instantly at the scene, while Adaobi survived the initial blast but not the injuries.
At least 12 other people were wounded in the same attack, officials say.
Kharkiv‘s regional prosecutor’s office also offered condolences to her family, and they noted that doctors fought for her life until the very end.
Adaobi’s death adds a name and a face to a war that has claimed thousands of civilian lives, and she was one exam away from becoming a doctor.
