Father, 4-year-old son killed in Russian air strike on Kyiv region


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  • Sunday, 11 Aug 2024

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian service personnel use a searchlight as they search for drones in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 31, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) -A 4-year-old boy and his 35-year-old father were killed in an overnight Russian air strike outside of Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.

Three other people, including a teenage boy, were wounded in the attack just east of the capital, which President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said involved a North Korean-made missile.

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