Two Killed in Russian Strike on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia

A Ukrainian serviceman aims to fire a MSLR BM-21 "Grad" towards Russian positions, at the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Saturday, April 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A Ukrainian serviceman aims to fire a MSLR BM-21 "Grad" towards Russian positions, at the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Saturday, April 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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Two Killed in Russian Strike on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia

A Ukrainian serviceman aims to fire a MSLR BM-21 "Grad" towards Russian positions, at the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Saturday, April 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A Ukrainian serviceman aims to fire a MSLR BM-21 "Grad" towards Russian positions, at the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Saturday, April 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A 50-year-old man and his 11-year-old daughter were killed after Russian forces struck a residential building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia early on Sunday, authorities said.

Ukraine's State Emergency service also reported that a 46-year-old woman, who it described as the wife and mother of the victims, was pulled from the wreckage, Reuters said.

City council secretary Anatoliy Kurtev said two missiles had destroyed one building and damaged dozens of others during the overnight strike.

"The cursed Russian terrorists attacked Zaporizhzhia again and lost human lives," he wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

The strike was the latest in a series of recent attacks on civilian targets in the region as Moscow's full-scale invasion drags into its second year.



Four Killed in Helicopter Crash at Turkish Hospital

A US AH-64 Apache helicopter. Reuters file photo
A US AH-64 Apache helicopter. Reuters file photo
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Four Killed in Helicopter Crash at Turkish Hospital

A US AH-64 Apache helicopter. Reuters file photo
A US AH-64 Apache helicopter. Reuters file photo

Four people were killed in southwest Türkiye on Sunday when an ambulance helicopter collided with a hospital building and crashed into the ground.
The helicopter was taking off from the Mugla Training and Research Hospital, carrying two pilots, a doctor and another medical worker, the health ministry said in a statement.
Mugla's regional governor, Idris Akbiyik, told reporters the helicopter first hit the fourth floor of the hospital building before crashing into the ground. No one inside the building or on the ground was hurt. The cause of the accident, which took place during heavy fog, was being investigated.
Footage from the site showed debris from the crash scattered around the area outside the hospital building, with several ambulances and emergency teams at the scene.