Four-year-old girl wounded in Russia's Apr 29 missile strike on Odesa dies in hospital

Four-year-old girl wounded in Russia's Apr 29 missile strike on Odesa dies in hospital

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The death toll from a Russian missile strike on Odesa on April 29 has increased to eight after a four-year-old girl wounded in the attack died in the hospital.

Oleh Kiper, head of the region's military administration, announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"Unfortunately, the number of victims of the Russian shelling on April 29 has increased to eight people. Today, 4-year-old Zlata died in the hospital. A fragment of a Russian missile hit the child's heart," Kiper wrote.

Read also: Three people injured in enemy shelling of Odesa

He extended his condolences to the girl's family.

Late on April 29, Russian forces launched a missile attack on Odesa, damaging residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.

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