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<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/is-vladimir-putin-planning-to-unleash-a-special-attack-from-belarus-on-ukraines-independence-day?ref=wrap">Russia</a> unleashed a series of missiles on <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-nasa-is-accidentally-helping-people-spy-on-vladimir-putins-war-in-ukraine?ref=wrap">Ukraine</a>’s Kharkiv region late Wednesday and overnight into Thursday, killing at least 12 people, including an 11-year-old child and the mother of a famous Ukrainian athlete, according to local authorities.</p>
<p>Dozens of others were injured in the strikes, and rescuers were still working to pull people from the wreckage on Thursday morning.</p>
<p>Kateryna Tabashnyk, a Ukrainian high jumper who’s competed in the World Youth Championships and won the gold at the 2013 European Junior Championships, said her mother was killed in the attacks.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/mom-of-famous-ukrainian-athlete-kateryna-tabashnyk-among-a-dozen-dead-in-kharkiv-bombings?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->
Russia unleashed a series of missiles on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region late Wednesday and overnight into Thursday, killing at least 12 people, including an 11-year-old child and the mother of a famous Ukrainian athlete, according to local authorities.
Dozens of others were injured in the strikes, and rescuers were still working to pull people from the wreckage on Thursday morning.
Kateryna Tabashnyk, a Ukrainian high jumper who’s competed in the World Youth Championships and won the gold at the 2013 European Junior Championships, said her mother was killed in the attacks.
