Russian airstrike on Kostiantynivka church kills priest, four-year-old child

Russian airstrike on Kostiantynivka church kills priest, four-year-old child

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Russian forces launched an airstrike on a church in Kostiantynivka on October 11, killing a priest and a four-year-old girl.

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak announced this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

"A Russian bomb took the lives of a four-year-old girl and a priest who tried to shelter the child in the church," the post reads.

Yermak sad that the girl's mother had been killed earlier.

Read also: Russian forces launch air strike on Kostiantynivka, causing damage

Earlier, Ukrinform reported that at least two people were killed and five wounded in a Russian airstrike on Kostiantynivka.

Photo: Vadym Filashkin / Telegram

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