Ukrainian family of five die in Russian drone attack in Kharkiv


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  • Saturday, 10 Feb 2024

FILE PHOTO: Local residents stand next to a grocery store damaged during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine January 31, 2024. REUTERS/Yevhen Titov

KYIV (Reuters) -A Ukrainian prosecutor, her husband, and their three small children were among seven people killed after a Russian drone attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv hit an oil depot, triggering blazes that burned half a street to the ground, officials said on Saturday.

The regional prosecutor's office named the local prosecutor who died along with her children Oleksiy, 7, Mykhailo, 3, and 10-month-old Pavlo as Olha Putyatina and added, "The family was held hostage by a fire inside their own home."

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