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Two children among seven dead after Russian missile strike in Ukraine overnight

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Firefighters put out the fire in an multi-storey apartment building
Firefighters put out the fire in an multi-storey apartment building. Picture: Alamy

By Alice Padgett

Seven people have been killed in Kharkiv after Russian missiles strike Ukraine overnight

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Two children are amongst the seven dead, the region's governor Oleh Syniehubov said.

Mr Syniehubov said the missile damaged a five-storey residential building in Kharkiv.

"There should be a response from partners ​to these savage strikes against life," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

"Russia has not abandoned its attempts to destroy Ukraine's residential and critical infrastructure, and therefore support should continue," ​he said on Telegram, urging allies to continue the supply of air defence ​and weapons supplies.

Rescue workers continue to clear the rubble after seven ⁠residential apartment houses, commercial and administrative buildings, electricity distribution lines, and cars were ​damaged by the Russian attacks in Kharkiv, the governor said.

Firefighters battle the fire
Firefighters battle the fire. Picture: Alamy
Firefighters put out the fire in an multi-storey apartment building
Firefighters put out the fire in an multi-storey apartment building. Picture: Alamy

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