Russia-Ukraine updates: Kyiv says children among 25 dead after strike on station
26 August 2022 |
3:42 pm
The death toll has risen after an Independence Day attack on a train station in east Ukraine. Elsewhere, $1 billion of goods are still being shipped from Russia to the US each month despite sanctions.
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