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The Russian authorities claim they are bombing "only military installations" in Ukraine. Look at one of them - a residential building in Slovyansk where a two-year-old child died

odessajournal 0 — A view of a residential building hit by one of the seven Russian missiles fired at Slovyansk. According to the latest data published by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (GSChS), nine civilians were killed during the shelling, and about twenty were injured. The search for four more people continues. The Russian side did not comment on the shelling of Slovyansk. Ihor Tkachov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

odessajournal 1 — Police calm down a resident of Slovyansk
Anatoly Stepanov AFP Scanpix LETA

odessajournal 2 — Anatolii Stepanov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

odessajournal 3 — A volunteer helps employees of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine during search work
Anatoly Stepanov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

odessajournal 4 — Rescuers carry a child out of one of the houses that came under fire
Anatoly Stepanov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

odessajournal 5 — Anatolii Stepanov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

odessajournal 6 — Rescuers and volunteers remove from the rubble the body of a child who died during the shelling of Slovyansk, Donetsk region. Russian troops launched a rocket attack on the city on the afternoon of April 14, damaging five high-rise buildings and five private houses, a store, a business center, a club and three cars. In one of the five-story residential buildings, the top two floors collapsed - a two-year-old child was there. When rescuers got him out of the rubble, he was alive, but died on the way to the hospital. Anatolii Stepanov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

odessajournal 7 — Rescuers help an elderly resident of Slovyansk, injured during a missile strike
Anatoly Stepanov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

odessajournal 8 — An employee of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine works among the rubble
Anatoly Stepanov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

odessajournal 9 — Crater at the site of the missile strike
Anatoly Stepanov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

odessajournal 10 — Firefighters near one of the five-story buildings that came under fire
Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA

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