Girl (9) and her mother die in Kyiv as air raid shelter shut
A man sits next to the body of his grand- daughter who was killed during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv on Thursday, June 1. Photo: Valentyn Ogirenko /Reuters
Russia said yesterday it had repelled more cross-border attacks from Ukraine while its relentless aerial assaults on Kyiv killed another three people including a nine-year-old girl and her mother locked out of an air raid shelter.
Both sides are trying to sap morale and weaken military capacity ahead of a long-promised Ukrainian counter-offensive against Russia’s 15-month-old invasion.
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