Residents of village near Kyiv react after Russian attack hits their homes
A massive Russian drone-and-missile attack targeted the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and other regions in the country for a second consecutive night, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens, according to officials. In the village of Markhalivka, just outside Kyiv, several homes burned down after the strike. (AP video by Oleksii Yeroshenko)
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