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In Ukraine, rare mass shooting rekindles debate over civilian gun rights

Warning: The story contains graphic images. Yevheniia and her family were at home when they heard firecracker-like sounds outside their window. She initially dismissed them. But within minutes, messages in the building chat warned that a man with a gun was moving through their residential area toward a nearby store. Fifty-eight-year-old Dmytro Vasylchenkov, a Moscow native and military retiree, opened fire on pedestrians on April 18 in the Holosiiv residential district in Kyiv before taking ho

Police officers stand at the scene where a gunman killed at least six people in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 18, 2026.

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