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Russia puts death toll from Ukrainian strike on village at 27

Moscow says the death toll from a Ukrainian drone strike in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine’s Kherson region has risen to 27 – but Kyiv denied attacking civilian targets.

Svetlana Petrenko, spokeswoman of Russia's main criminal investigation agency, the Investigative Committee, said a drone strike on a café and hotel in the village of Khorly, where at least 100 civilians were celebrating New Year's Eve overnight into Thursday, killed 27 people, including two children, and 31 in hospital.

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