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Ukraine says 57 people killed on first day of Russian invasion

Ukraine's Health Minister Oleh Lyashko said 57 people had been killed and 169 wounded on Thursday after Russia launched a full scale invasion of Ukraine.

Separately, the deputy defence minister reported heavy Russian shelling was still underway in the eastern Donetsk region.

(Reporting by Natalia Zinets and Matthias Williams; Editing by Chris Reese)

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