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Russian strikes kill up to 26 in Ukraine, including children

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Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv and a dozen other Ukrainian regions overnight into Wednesday, with death tolls reported variously as 11, 19, 21, 24, 25 and 26 by officials and outlets. A strike on an apartment block in northern Ukraine destroyed 30 flats and killed five children as families slept, according to Ukrainian officials. About 60 people were wounded.

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