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A girl, her mother and another woman were killed during a Russian missile strike on Kyiv on Thursday after the air raid shelter they rushed to failed to open, witnesses said. Ukraine’s air force said air defences shot down all 10 ballistic and Iskander cruise missiles fired by Russia in the 18th attack on the capital since the start of May.

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A woman reacts as she looks at the body of her daughter, who was killed during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine.VALENTYN OGIRENKO/Reuters

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Yaroslav Riabchuk, 34-year-old, stands at a site of a municipal clinic where his wife Natalia was killed during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine.VALENTYN OGIRENKO/Reuters

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People react next to a body of a person killed after a Russian missile attack, outside a damaged clinic in Kyiv, Ukraine.Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

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Flowers brought to the clinic to commemorate the women and one child killed by blast of the intercepted Iskander missile in Kyiv, Ukraine.Anton Skyba/The Globe and Mail

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Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko looks at a crater outside a clinic following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine.Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

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A man removes the window damaged by intercepted Isksnder missile in Kyiv, Ukraine.Anton Skyba/The Globe and Mail

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Angelika Hrianka, a 31-year-old office manager and mother of one who also lives in a building overlooking the children’s clinic. in Kyiv, Ukraine.Anton Skyba/The Globe and Mail

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A man mourns over the body of his granddaughter killed after a Russian missile attack, next to a damaged clinic in Kyiv, Ukraine.Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

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People stand inside a damaged after a Russian missile attack clinic in Kyiv, Ukraine.Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

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Residents sit in a school's shelter during an air raid alert, near a clinic that was damaged following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine.Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

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Police officers investigate a crater and debris outside a clinic that was damaged after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine.Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

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Local residents react near the body of a person killed in a Russian missile strike, at the compound of a municipal clinic in Kyiv, Ukraine.VALENTYN OGIRENKO/Reuters

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