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Abigail O'Leary

Policeman's whole family, including daughter and baby son, shot dead by Russians

A Ukrainian policeman has reportedly lost his whole family - including his six-year-old daughter and six-week-old baby son after they were shot on the day Russia invaded.

Oleg Fedko, 30, was out on patrol when his family were slaughtered as Russian military opened fire on two cars near Novaya Kakhovka.

Sofia Fedko, six, and her new baby brother brother Ivan, died alongside their mother Irina, 27, and two grandparents, both aged 56.

Oleg's brother Denis Fedko said he was speaking to his mother on the phone when the horrific killings occurred.

He said:. "I kept hearing my mother yelling that there were children [in the car] and "How can you [do that]?"

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Sofia Fedko, six, was killed with her baby brother (social media East2west News)
Oleg lost his wife Irina and two children (social media/ East2west News)

"I heard little Vanya [Ivan] was crying loudly.

"He was only a month and a half old. And then I heard shots. Then there was silence after that, and then shots again. There were two bursts, each two to three shots."

It is reported Russian troops shot the family in Ukraine's Kherson region, reports local media.

Yesterday it was reported the lives of the brother and sister of ten-year-old Polina - killed by Russian troops - are hanging in the balance as they lie critically wounded in hospital.

Grandparents Oleg Fedko, 56, and Anna Fedko, 56, also died (social media/ East2west News)

Polina was one of three family members murdered in their car by Putin's sabotage thugs operating within Kyiv on Saturday.

Their eldest daughter Sofia and youngest son Semyon were critically wounded and are now fighting for their lives.

Heartbreaking images show Semyon laying in a hospital bed on a ventilator, unaware his family were killed when Russian troops opened fire on a car fleeing Ukraine.

Pink-haired, Harry Potter-mad Polina was in her final year of primary school when she was killed.

He said: "Her name was Polina. She studied in the 4th grade of school in Kyiv. Her and her parents were shot by Russian DRG."

Polina's younger brother Semyon Kudrin in hospital on a ventilator (Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

It comes as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) updated its estimate on the number of refugees that have left Ukraine, saying the total stands at more than 500,000 a figure that continues to rise.

The UNHCR said humanitarian needs are “multiplying and spreading by the hour”.

The agency said it is sending stock of core relief items to Moldova, including blankets, sleeping mats, family tents, winterisation kits, sleeping bags, water jerrycans, baby kits, solar lamps and other items for at least 10,000 people.

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