Russian missile bombardment in Kyiv kills at least 3 people

Russia launched a pre-dawn missile barrage on Ukraine’s capital Thursday, killing three people including a 9-year-old and her mother. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following Russian missile bombardment in Kyiv kills at least 3 people Alex Babenko/AP Ukraine Russia launched a pre-dawn missile barrage in Kyiv on Thursday, [killing three people]( including a 9-year-old and her mother, officials said. It was the highest casualty toll from a single attack on Kyiv over the past month. The latest Russian attack used short-range Iskander ground-launched missiles. Ukrainian air defenses shot down all 10 cruise and ballistic missiles launched by the Kremlin’s forces, but falling debris caused damage and casualties on the ground, wounding 16 people. Russia has kept up a steady barrage on the capital and other parts of the country in recent weeks as Kyiv readies for a counteroffensive to push back Moscow’s troops. Israel Thousands of people are to march in Jerusalem's Pride parade on Thursday, under a right-wing government stacked with openly homophobic members. The march in the conservative city is always [tense and tightly secured]( by police. But this year, Israel's contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary has torn open long-standing societal divisions between those who want to preserve Israel's liberal values and those who seek to shift it toward more religious conservatism. Thursday's [parade in Jerusalem]( is expected to draw bigger crowds than usual in a show of force against the government and its plan to reshape the legal system. 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