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Metro
01-07-2025
- Metro
Major health update on toddler who was hurled onto floor at Moscow airport
A toddler who was bodyslammed to the ground by a thug at an international airport has opened his eyes after more than a week. Shocking CCTV footage of the attack at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport on June 23 showed the 18-month-old leaning against a suitcase. Suddenly, Belarusian Vladimir Vitkov, 31, a nuclear power plant construction worker, picked up and hurled little Yazdan on the ground. After a brief spasm, the boy, named Yazdan, becomes motionless as someone picks him up in their arms to keep him safe. The tot had arrived in Russia minutes earlier after he and his mother fled the bombing in Iran, according to local reports. Local media have now said Yazdan has opened his eyes and is breathing on his own, but is still in intensive care. His father, Mohammed Shahim, said yesterday: 'Two hours ago, he was disconnected from the ventilator. Doctors say that he will remain in intensive care until tomorrow. 'He regained consciousness, opened his eyes, but is not saying anything yet. I am here every second, I am with him 24/7.' Chief physician at Moscow's L.M. Roshal Children's Clinical Centre, Tatyana Shapovalenko, said: 'The child was extubated, meaning that the boy is now breathing on his own with a high flow of oxygen.' 31-year-old Vitkov remains in custody and has reportedly refused to apologise to Yazdan's family. Yazdan's father, Mohammed, said: 'He is not a man, he is Satan, he is Shaitan. He mocked us: me, my wife.' Vitkov was reportedly high on drugs and told the police he was a schizophrenia patient. The Belarusian was reported by some outlets to have been on the same flight as the child and his mother, who were escaping from Iran, where they had been visiting relatives. Initial reports found he was returning home through Moscow after failing a drug and alcohol check for a job in Egypt. Vitkov later confessed to being high on drugs when he threw the toddler head-first onto the ground. In police discussions, Vitkov seemingly confessed to the crime when asked to explain what he did. More Trending He told an officer: 'I attempted to murder a child… at Sheremetyevo Airport.' When asked what his motive was, Vitkov said he 'didn't know' because he was 'under the influence of drugs'. Reports said cannabis had been found in his possession, and there were traces of the drug in his blood. Mash news outlet reported today that he had drunk three bottles of whisky and obtained cannabis in Cairo before the incident. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Boy, 15, stabbed to death with hunting knife by fellow pupil during lunch break MORE: British volunteer who died 'fighting bravely' for Ukraine given final farewell MORE: Three arrested on suspicion of manslaughter at hospital where Lucy Letby worked
Daily Mirror
25-06-2025
- Daily Mirror
'Monster' confesses to 'trying to murder' baby throwing him headfirst in airport
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT In footage that is too awful to show, monster Vladimir Vitkov, 31, a Belarusian construction worker, picks the 18-month-old up by the leg and hurls him on the floor of Moscow Airport This is the moment a 'monster' who tried to kill a helpless infant fleeing the Israel-Iran conflict confessed to his heinous crimes. Sickening footage - which is too violent to show - shows the Belarusian man, 31, who works as a construction worker at a nuclear plant, picking up the tot before hurling him to the ground of Moscow airport's arrivals hall. Just minutes earlier, the child had arrived in Russia after he and his mum fled the bombs raining down on Iran. Little Yazdan, aged 18 months, is now fighting for his life with serious skull fractures and spinal injuries. The man, Vladimir Vitkov, was reported by some outlets to have been on the same flight as the child and his mother who were escaping from war-ravaged Iran where they had been visiting relatives. They had reached Afghanistan after fleeing Iran. Earlier, Vitkov had been fired from a nuclear power plant construction job in Egypt after failing a spot check for drugs and alcohol, and was returning home via Moscow, according to a friend. 'He was valued there, appointed a foreman,' the friend told Daily Storm. 'But there are constant checks, you have to blow into a pipe before work. Apparently, he drank or smoked something there - and because of that he was sent home. He was at the airport because he was returning from work in Egypt.' The boy was thrown head first on the ground by the stranger, who was reported by Russian law enforcement to have been high on drugs. He 'confessed' when a police interrogator asked: 'Explain what you did." 'I attempted to murder a child," he responded. When asked where it happened, he said "at Sheremetyevo Airport [in Moscow].' His motive was then questioned, to which he replied that he didn't know because he was "under the influence of drugs". Reports said cannabis had been found in his possession and there were traces of the drug in his blood. Mash news outlet reported today that he had drunk three bottles of whisky and obtained cannabis in Cairo before the incident. The Moscow region children's ombudswoman Ksenia Mishonova labelled him a 'drug-addled monster', and called for him to be punished with 'hard labour until he is feeble with old age'. 'I am always very, very careful, but here I no longer have the strength not to say simply - [this was] a stoned drug addict, a monster,' she said after seeing the boy in hospital. 'I cannot call this person anything else. I believe that he is not sick at all. In our country, drug addiction is like a disease — it is not a disease, but this is my position. He is an absolute monster, a criminal who should be judged in the most severe manner for what he did…. 'God simply saved the boy. In any other situation, a slightly different tilt of the head, and he, of course, would not have survived.' By a 'miracle' the child's brain was not damaged, she said, adding that he was now out of a medically-induced coma as doctors assessed his condition. The boy's distraught mother Hajizada Sahar had repeatedly asked her if her son would recover, she said. Dr Tatyana Shapovalenko, chief doctor at the Roshal Children's Centre, Moscow, said: "The child was admitted with a severe craniocerebral injury. He has an open fracture of the skull bones, a fracture of the base and vault of the skull, a subdural haematoma.'
Daily Mail
25-06-2025
- Daily Mail
'Monster' filmed throwing a toddler to the ground in airport lounge admits he selected the child at random and wanted to KILL him - as the boy continues to fight for life
This is the moment a 'monster' confesses to seeking to kill a helpless boy, one, who had fled the conflict between Israel and Iran. Appalling footage showed the Belarus man, 31, a nuclear power plant construction worker, pick up and hurl the child on the ground of the arrivals hall of a Moscow airport. The child had arrived in Russia minutes earlier after he and his mother fled the bombing in Iran, say reports. Little Yazdan, aged 18 months, is now fighting for his life with serious skull fractures and spinal injuries. The man, Vladimir Vitkov, was reported by some outlets to have been on the same flight as the child and his mother who were escaping from war-ravaged Iran where they had been visiting relatives. They had reached Afghanistan after fleeing Iran. Earlier, Vitkov had been fired from a nuclear power plant construction job in Egypt after failing a spot check for drugs and alcohol, and was returning home via Moscow, according to a friend. 'He was valued there, appointed a foreman,' the friend told Daily Storm. 'But there are constant checks, you have to blow into a pipe before work. 'Apparently, he drank or smoked something there - and because of that he was sent home. 'He was at the airport because he was returning from work in Egypt.' The boy was thrown head first on the ground by the stranger, who was reported by Russian law enforcement to have been high on drugs. He 'confessed' when a police interrogator asked: 'Explain what you did. 'I attempted to murder a child.' 'Where did this happen?' 'At Sheremetyevo Airport [in Moscow].' 'What was your motive? 'My motive? I don't know - I was under the influence of drugs.' Reports said cannabis had been found in his possession and there were traces of the drug in his blood. Mash news outlet reported today that he had drunk three bottles of whisky and obtained cannabis in Cairo before the incident. The Moscow region children's ombudswoman Ksenia Mishonova labelled him a 'drug-addled monster', and called for him to be punished with 'hard labour until he is feeble with old age'. 'I am always very, very careful, but here I no longer have the strength not to say simply - [this was] a stoned drug addict, a monster,' she said after seeing the boy in hospital. 'I cannot call this person anything else. 'I believe that he is not sick at all. The Moscow region children's ombudswoman Ksenia Mishonova labelled him a 'drug-addled monster', and called for him to be punished with 'hard labour until he is feeble with old age' 'In our country, drug addiction is like a disease — it is not a disease, but this is my position. 'He is an absolute monster, a criminal who should be judged in the most severe manner for what he did…. 'God simply saved the boy 'In any other situation, a slightly different tilt of the head, and he, of course, would not have survived.' By a 'miracle' the child's brain was not damaged, she said, adding that he was now out of a medically-induced coma as doctors assessed his condition. The boy's distraught mother Hajizada Sahar had repeatedly asked her if her son would recover, she said. Dr Tatyana Shapovalenko, chief doctor at the Roshal Children's Centre, Moscow, said: 'The child was admitted with a severe craniocerebral injury. 'He has an open fracture of the skull bones, a fracture of the base and vault of the skull, a subdural haematoma.' She said he did not require neurosurgical treatment. Vitkov is pictured with wife Olesya and his daughter, around the same age as the boy he attacked. The family lives in the Gomel region of Belarus.
