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Russian attack kills child in western Ukraine

11 August 2023 16:52 (UTC +04:00)

A Russian missile targeted at the Ivano-Frankivsk region of western Ukraine early Friday killed an 8-year-old child, the Prosecutor General’s Office in Ukraine has said, APA reports.

"At about 10 a.m., the Russian military fired aerial ballistic missiles at the infrastructure of Ivano-Frankivsk region," the office said. "The missile hit the territory of a private house in the Kolomyia district."

"An 8-year-old boy died as a result of the attack. Information about other victims is currently being clarified."

Svitlana Onyshchuk, head of Ivano-Frankivsk region military administration, said that the child had been taken to hospital in critical condition, but doctors were unable to save him.