đ˘ HEARTBREAKING! Just weeks ago, Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was dancing and laughing in a video shared by her friendâfull of life, chasing a new start in America. But one chilling statement she made feels like a haunting prophecy of her tragic fate. đ Stabbed to d3ath on a Charlotte train, her storyâs gone viral, leaving millions in tears and rage. What did she say that predicted her own end? Why did this happen to her?
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Murdered Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska is seen playing cards, cooking and enjoying a vacation with pals in a gut-wrenching video one of them shared in an emotional tribute.
Zarutska, 22, is seen frolicking in a swimming pool, having drinks and spending time with her boyfriend, Stanislav Nikulytsia, not long before she was stabbed to death on board a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, last month, in the Instagram reel shared on Sunday by her friend, Ulya.
She tagged the video with hashtags âforever youngâ and âalways loved.â
The emotive video of the young woman triggered a visceral response from viewers, with many praising the chance to see her alive and happy, after footage of her gruesome death allegedly at the hands of homeless schizophrenic career criminal Decarlos Brown, 34, was shared worldwide.
Murdered Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska enjoys a beer with friends in a sweet, newly released video.Instagram/icee.keen
âI think many are grateful to see her as she was, rather than only in those final moments,â one Instagram user wrote.
âThank you for sharing a piece of your beautiful Irynaâs life with us,â wrote another.
âIt feels a little better to see how much she was loved. I cant imagine how it must feel for all of those who were close to her. Rest in peace Angel,â wrote a third.
The new video shows the refugee embracing her new life in America.Instagram/ Iryna Zarutska
The video comes as Zarutskaâs uncle spoke of his grief at his nieceâs death and the pain of seeing the video of her brutal death.
She is also seen embracing her boyfriend, Stanislav Nikulytsia.Instagram/icee.keen
Zarutska, 22, moved to the US in 2022 following the full-scale Russian invasion of her country.Instagram/icee.keen
âI watched the video â it was just terrible, just absolutely terrible. She didnât deserve that and nobody does. Itâs been very tough on the family,â her uncle, who requested not to be named, told ABCâs âGood Morning Americaâ on Friday.
âIf you watch the video, you can see, she just came on and she took the first seat that was available to her. It would appear she didnât recognize there was any danger,â he said.
The uncle, who was out of town when Zarutska was killed, was told to come home by his wife âright nowâ when she learned news of her death.
Instagram users praised the video for showing a side of Zarutska that wasnât just her brutal demise.Instagram/icee.keen
He called for major changes in the wake of the death of his niece, who moved to the US in 2022 following the full-scale Russian invasion of her homeland.
In his final message from his niece, she was âexpressing gratitude and how happy she was here in the United States,â the uncle said.
Her friend Ulya tagged the video âforever young.âInstagram/icee.keen
Zarutskaâs life was cut short after she was stabbed to death on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina.Charlotte Area Transit System
âOur country has to change on how we deal with these situations, and that requires our leadership to take action, and I need for them to take actions,â he said.
Brown, who was arrested for Zarutskaâs murder on Aug. 22, the same night she was killed, was charged with committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system by the US Attorneyâs Office in the Western District of North Carolina last week.
This federal charge could make him eligible for the death penalty, the Justice Department said last Tuesday.