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Footage from the State Emergency Services of Ukraine showed rescue workers searching for survivors in a damaged apartment building in Odessa on July 1. (Video: Reuters)

More than 20 dead in Odessa strikes, Kyiv says

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In Ukraine’s Odessa region, Russian strikes killed at least 21 people and injured 38 at an apartment building and a recreation center, Ukrainian officials said Friday. While the Kremlin denied hitting civilians, Ukrainian officials said at least one child was killed and others wounded. Rescuers are still searching for victims under the rubble.  
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Ukrainian officials say the new tranche of Western materiel is already making a difference on the battlefield.
The United States will provide $820 million in security assistance to Ukraine, the Pentagon said Friday, focusing on weapons and equipment urgently needed for the battle in the east.
Russia more than doubled the rate of its missile strikes in the last two weeks, according to a Ukrainian general.
Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Ivan Fedotov reportedly has been arrested in Russia, accused of possible evasion of service in the army, according to Fontanka, a news outlet based in St. Petersburg.
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