The German shepherd did not leave the girl’s coffin. When people saw what she was hiding underneath, they were blinded by what they saw…

Late March, under a cold, gray sky, the city of Rivne gathered at the Zelenye Luga cemetery to mourn six-year-old Sofia Kovalenko, whose death had left a deep wound in the community. Her father, Roman, stood motionless beside her small white coffin, grief etched on his face. As the funeral drew to a close,