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Ukraine's controversial ambassador to Germany to leave his post on Oct. 14.​

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President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Andriy Melnyk on July 9, a week after he gave an interview in which he defended nationalist leader Stepan Bandera, who collaborated with Nazi Germany and fell out with the Nazis in different periods. The diplomat has been vocal in his appeals for more assistance from Germany, particularly military aid and heavy weapons.

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In a Russian attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia on the morning of March 21, a father and mother of two girls were killed, and 6 people injured, including two girls aged 11 and 15, Fedorov said. The girls are daughters of the parents killed in the strike, Ukraine's State Emergency Service later said.

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