Russian Drones Kill Three-Year-Old Boy, Grandparents Near Kyiv
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Russian drone attacks killed a three-year-old boy and his grandparents in a village within the Kyiv region on Saturday.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reported these fatalities, stating that another individual also died during an overnight ballistic attack on the capital. The drone strike additionally injured the boy's parents. These incidents are part of a broader pattern of intensified Russian attacks on Kyiv in recent months. Ukraine has simultaneously targeted Russian oil facilities and logistics infrastructure.
President Zelenskiy confirmed the deaths of the three-year-old boy and his grandparents in Kyiv Oblast. He specified that the boy's parents sustained injuries during the same attack. The overnight assaults involved both drones and ballistic missiles.
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