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The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv

Zelenskiy orders audit of Ukrainian air-raid shelters after civilian deaths

The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, stands on the edge of a small crater with an official
The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko (centre, in green), assesses the damage after Russian rockets fell on the Desnianskyi district. Photograph: Ukrinform/Shutterstock

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has ordered an audit of all Ukrainian air-raid shelters as a rift widened with Kyiv’s mayor after the deaths of three people who were locked out on the street during a Russian attack.

A nine-year-old girl, her mother and another woman were killed by falling debris after rushing to a Kyiv shelter on Thursday morning and finding it was shut. Later that day, the Ukrainian president accused Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, and other city leaders of negligence. Klitschko responded by saying the responsibility for the tragedy should be shared between them.

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