12-Year-Old Boy Dies After Weeklong Fight for Life Following Russian Strike on Nova Vodolaha Park
Twelve-year-old Artem Koval died in a Kyiv hospital on Monday, Oct. 26, after a week of fighting for his life following a Russian drone attack on a crowded park in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv region. The strike killed his eight-year-old sister Arina and five other civilians, including an infant, who was just over a year old when she was killed sitting in her stroller.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same death of Artem Koval after the Nova Vodolaha park strike, with consistent details (age, hospital in Kyiv, week-long treatment, Kharkiv region).
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