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State Emergency Service: Russian strike on Kyiv kills at least 1 person

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Rescuers continue to work at the site, reporting that there is a woman trapped under the rubble of a nine-story building in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi District that was hit by a Russian missile early on June 26. One of the building's residents confirmed to the Kyiv Independent that it's the same building that was previously attacked in late April, killing RFE/RL journalist Vira Hyrych and injuring 10 people.

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