Article 61DWS Social media posts chart life and death of girl in Russian strike

Social media posts chart life and death of girl in Russian strike

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Peter Beaumont in Kyiv
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Liza Dmitrieva, four, was killed in a strike in the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia on Thursday

The life and death of four-year-old Liza Dmitrieva in a Russian missile strike on the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia on Thursday is a symbol of a conflict where death often comes without warning and from above.

A series of video and still images posted on social media appear to track the last hours of Liza, who turned four in March in the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Her mother, Iryna, lost a leg in the strike, which was condemned by Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, as an open act of terrorism".

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