Pitt professor mourns loss of brother killed in Ukraine

"He felt confident that the invasion would not happen, that the world wouldn't let it and he had fought so hard for this treatment that he didn't want to delay," Katya Hill said. "Then the bombs started."

"He felt confident that the invasion would not happen, that the world wouldn't let it and he had fought so hard for this treatment that he didn't want to delay," Katya Hill said. "Then the bombs started."

TRANSPORT CIVILIANS AND SUPPLIES. TONIGHT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PROFEORSS IS REMEMBERING HER BROTHER WHO WAS KILLED IN UKRAINE. SHE SAYS SHE WAS HELD HWAE S HELPING WHEN A BOMB KILLED HIM DURING RUSSIAN ATTACK. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PROFESSOR KATYA HILL IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF HER BROTHER JAMES WHO WAS KILLED IN UKRAINE. I KNOW WHEN I WAS TALKING TO HIM ON THE PHONE. I WAS HEARING BOMBS GOING OFF IN THE BACKGROUND HILL SAYS WHEN ETH RUSSIAN INVASION STARTED JAMES JUMPED IN TO HELP OTHERS, HE FOUND A WOMAN WHIT FOUR YOUNG CHILDREN LIVING NEAR THE HOSPITALO T SHARE FOOD USE HER INTERNET WHEN IT WAS WORKING AND TRYING TO FIND A WAY OUT OF CHERNOHEVE FOR HER AND OTHERS THE 68 YEAR OLD WAS MADE WITH HIS LIFELONG PARTNER WHO IS GETTING TREATMENT FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. JAMES WAS KILLED IN ATTACK THURSD NAYEAR THE HOSPITAL AS HIS OLDER SISTER. I ASKED HIM TO POSTPONE THIS TREATMENT AS RUSSIAN TANKS LINED THE BORDER OF UKRAINE. HE FELT CONFIDENT THAT THE INVASION WOULD NOT HAPPEN THAT THE WORLD WOULDN’T LET IT. AND HE HAD FOUGHT SO HARD FOR THIS TREATMENT. HE DIDN’T WANT TO DELAY. THEN THE BOMBING STARTED HILL SAYS HER BROTHERHO W TRAVELED THE WORLD TEACHING FORENSIC PSYCHOGYLO WAS ALWAYS POSITIVE EVEN AS RUSSIAN INVADED THE COUNYTR GET THROUGHHE T 20-PLUS DAYS OF BOMBING LOSS LOSS OF ELECTRICITY GAS. NO HEAT. AND FOOD AND WATER LIMITATNS JIMMY REMAINED POSITIVE AND EVER THE HELPER. SHE SAYS JAMES WAS COMMITTED TO STAYING IN UKRAINE WITH THE WOMAN. HE LEDOV MY BROTHER SACRIFICED HIS LIFE FOR HER. IT’S A BEAUTULIF LOVE STORY. BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS A TRAGIC ENDING. HILL’S FAMILY IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET HIS PARTNER OUT OF

Pitt professor mourns loss of brother killed in Ukraine

University of Pittsburgh professor Katya Hill is mourning the loss of her brother James Hill who was killed Thursday in Ukraine. James, 68, was in Ukraine with his life-long partner who was getting treatment for multiple sclerosis. James was killed in an attack Thursday near the hospital, Hill said. Hill says when the Russian invasion started, James jumped in to help others. "He found a woman with 4 young children living near the hospital to share food, use her internet when it was working, and try and find a way out of Chernihiv for her and others," Hill said about her brother. When she would talk to James on the phone, she said she could hear bombs going off in the background. "As his older sister, I asked him to postpone this treatment as Russian tanks lined the border of Ukraine," Hill said. "He felt confident that the invasion would not happen, that the world wouldn't let it and he had fought so hard for this treatment that he didn't want to delay. Then the bombs started." Hill said her brother — who traveled the world teaching forensic psychology — was always positive, even as Russia invaded Ukraine. "Yet through the 20 plus days of bombing, loss of electricity, gas, no heat, and food limitations, Jimmy remained positive and was a helper," Hill said.She said James was committed to staying in Ukraine with the woman he loved. "It's a beautiful love story but unfortunately it has a tragic ending," Hill said.

University of Pittsburgh professor Katya Hill is mourning the loss of her brother James Hill who was killed Thursday in Ukraine.

James, 68, was in Ukraine with his life-long partner who was getting treatment for multiple sclerosis.

James was killed in an attack Thursday near the hospital, Hill said.

Hill says when the Russian invasion started, James jumped in to help others.

"He found a woman with 4 young children living near the hospital to share food, use her internet when it was working, and try and find a way out of Chernihiv for her and others," Hill said about her brother.

When she would talk to James on the phone, she said she could hear bombs going off in the background.

"As his older sister, I asked him to postpone this treatment as Russian tanks lined the border of Ukraine," Hill said. "He felt confident that the invasion would not happen, that the world wouldn't let it and he had fought so hard for this treatment that he didn't want to delay. Then the bombs started."

Hill said her brother — who traveled the world teaching forensic psychology — was always positive, even as Russia invaded Ukraine.

"Yet through the 20 plus days of bombing, loss of electricity, gas, no heat, and food limitations, Jimmy remained positive and was a helper," Hill said.

She said James was committed to staying in Ukraine with the woman he loved.

"It's a beautiful love story but unfortunately it has a tragic ending," Hill said.

Pitt professor mourns loss of brother killed in Ukraine

"He felt confident that the invasion would not happen, that the world wouldn't let it and he had fought so hard for this treatment that he didn't want to delay," Katya Hill said. "Then the bombs started."

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