A 50-year-old man and his 11-year-old daughter were killed after Russian forces struck a residential building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia early on Sunday, authorities say.
Portraits of an 11-year old girl killed by a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Sunday.ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — A 50-year-old man and his 11-year-old daughter were killed after Russian forces struck a residential building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia early on Sunday, authorities said.
“Severe punishment for the occupiers for this criminal war is inevitable,” he wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Blasted-out walls revealed the charred remains of the family’s living room, where a television stood smashed and shattered wall cabinets were still hanging.“It’s a shame, they were a young family,” said neighbour Viktor Hrankin, 72.
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