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Rachel Hagan

Children's cancer doctor killed by Russian strike after dropping son off at school

A doctor who specialised in treating cancer in children was killed by a Russian missile that hit Ukraine's capital on Monday morning.

Oksana Leontieva got her five-year-old son Gregory dressed, took him to school and then got in her car and headed to work before she was brutally killed by one of the 84 missiles that Russia fired.

Ohmatdyt Hospital, the pediatric medical centre where she worked, confirmed the details of her death in a statement on Tuesday.

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