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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kieran Guilbert

Eight people in Ukraine ‘killed by Russian shelling’ while trying to flee Irpin

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Eight people in Ukraine have reportedly been killed by Russian shelling as they tried to flee the town of Irpin, just northwest of Kyiv.

The victims included two children and were members of the same family, Irpin mayor Oleksandr Markushyn said, adding that eight people had been killed in total. It was reported that they died on Sunday afternoon after Russian mortar shells hit a damaged bridge they were attempting to cross.

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