Russia strikes southern Ukraine city, presses attacks in east
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Vinnytsia, Ukraine — Russian missiles hit industrial facilities at a strategic city in southern Ukraine on Sunday as a funeral was held for a 4-year-old girl killed in an earlier deadly strike elsewhere in the country.
Liza, who had Down syndrome, was en route to see a speech therapist with her mother when a Russian missile struck the city of Vinnytsia in central Ukraine on Thursday. At least 24 people were killed, including Liza and two boys aged 7 and 8. More than 200 others were wounded, including Liza's mother, who remains in an intensive care unit in grave condition.
"I didn't know Liza, but no person can go through this with calm," priest Vitalii Holoskevych said, bursting into tears as Liza's body lay in a coffin with flowers and teddy bears in the 18th century Transfiguration Cathedral in Vinnytsia.
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