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Mother killed with her baby in Odessa Air Strike on April 23
A young mother and her three-month-old baby were among the fatalities after an Odessa building was hit by missiles on Saturday, Ukraine's President Zelensky has said.
Journalists and others have taken to Twitter, posting pictures and tributes of the mother and child.
Myroslava Petsa, a journalist for the BBC Ukrainian Service, said the mother was called Valeria, and her new-born baby was Kira.
In a post on Valeria's social media, re-shared by a Kyiv Independent journalist on Twitter, she said the period since giving birth to Kira had brought her "a whole new level of happiness".
Eight people were killed in a Russian missile strike on a block of flats in the southern port city, according to Ukrainian officials.