Who wants long eyelashes?
Many girls desire for long and thick eyelashes which make their eyes look more beautiful. However, this is no the case for Muin Bachonaev, an 11-year-old Russian boy whose eyelashes had reached 4.3 cm when he was born.
Muin who now lives in Moscow was born in Tajik. His eyelashes have been so "distinct" from the average person. They were 4.3 cm long when they were born. The length was long enough to touch his lips.
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His family thought his eyelashes were too exaggerated and they were worried his son was sick, while doctors said he was very healthy and explained to them the long eyelashes may be due to the medication taken by the mother during pregnancy.
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But this little problem does not make Muin feel inferior and uneasy. Although some may be feared his eyelashes, he felt that he is living like a normal person, and he hasn't encountered difficulties. He didn't have special care or treatment to them.
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Muin breaks the record of Russia's longest eyelashes. He has a dream, that is, he hopes to become a football player in the future, and his father is proud of such a son.
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At present, the longest record holder for eyelashes in the world is a Chinese woman with a total length of 14 cm.
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A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.
A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.
Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.
The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.
For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.
The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”
Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.
Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.
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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)
