A Russian attack on a Ukrainian village kills a 14-year-old girl and two others, officials say

By SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV
Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities say a Russian attack has hit a grocery store and a pharmacy in a Ukrainian village close to the border with Russia, killing three people including a 14-year-old girl. Officials said the strike Wednesday on Lyptsi, some 6 miles from the border, also injured a 16-year-old boy and a woman. Another strike with guided aerial bombs “completely destroyed” a hospital in Vovchansk, a town which also lies close to the border in the Kharkiv region, injuring a man. With the front line barely budging in recent months, Moscow’s army has kept parts of eastern and southern Ukraine under relentless bombardment as the war stretches into its third year.