Jerusalem Post/Israel NewsBorik's mother, 30-year-old Maria Pashkorovia, is one of the handful of Israelis still considered missing following the Iranian attack on a Bat Yam residential building. Home Front Command forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Bat Yam, central Israel. June 15, 2025.(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, YUVAL BARNEAJUNE 18, 2025 17:36Updated: JUNE 18, 2025 18:30Seven-year-old Leukemia patient Anastasia (Nastia) Borik, a Ukrainian citizen, was named on Wednesday as one of the victims of a direct hit on her Bat Yam home by an Iranian ballistic missile, Israeli media reported.Borik was killed alongside three of her family members - Her grandmother, 54-year-old Olena Sokolva, and her two older cousins, 14-year-old Ilia Pashkorov and nine-year-old Konstantin Totavich.Borik's mother, 30-year-old Maria Pashkorovia, is one of the handful of Israelis still considered missing following the Iranian attack on a Bat Yam residential building on Saturday night that killed at least nine.According to Israeli media, the seven-year-old arrived with her family from Ukraine two years ago in order to receive treatment for her condition. The family arrived in Israel from Odessa in December 2022 as part of Nastia's treatment; they are not Jewish, nor did they have any previous connection to Israel. A Ukrainian serviceman shows President Volodymyr Zelenskiy a national flag with an emblem of the Special Operations Forces at a petrol station, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine July 29, 2023. (credit: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS)Father, the only family member to survive, fighting in UkraineThe decision to come to a foreign country for treatment was not easy, as the family left Nastia's father, Artem, in Ukraine due to the country's wartime restriction on men leaving the country.Artem Borik is currently on the frontlines fighting the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Ukrainian sources disagree as to exactly which unit Artem is currently fighting in; however, both units are considered elite special forces units involved in raiding Russian forces in occupied Ukraine.The Ukrainian Embassy is currently arranging for the repatriation of all the bodies to Ukraine.The Ukrainian Embassy has announced it will be arranging the return of Ukrainian citizens and permanent residents who request to return to Ukraine.Currently, around 23,000 Ukrainian citizens live in Israel, around half of whom arrived after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.President Isaac Herzog offered his condolences to her father and condemned the intentional firing of ballistic missiles into civilian apartments. "The world must condemn Iran’s indefensible crimes — and stand with Israel against Tehran's Empire of Evil."RECOMMENDED STORIESKiss cam gone wrong: AI CEO caught in affair with HR chief at Coldplay concertJULY 18, 2025Melanie Shiraz wins Miss Universe Israel 2025 crown, vows to use platform for meaningful changeJULY 19, 2025Huckabee threatens reciprocal visa measures over Israel's restrictions on evangelical groupsJULY 18, 2025Israel adopts superpower mindset in Middle East as it upgrades war doctrineJULY 18, 2025Top StoriesWhy IDF avoided Hamas's Deir al-Balah stronghold until nowANALYSISWorld powers call on Israel to end war in GazaProbe: Settlers not behind ancient West Bank church fireREPORT