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Deadly Russian strike overshadows Blinken’s Ukraine visit

A Russian missile struck Kostyantynivka, an eastern city near the front lines, killing at least 17 people and wounding at least 32 others.

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VIDEO COURTESY AP
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken works while traveling by train to Kyiv, Ukraine, Sept. 6. Blinken’s trip aimes to assess Ukraine’s 3-month-old counteroffensive and signal continued U.S. support for Kyiv’s efforts to drive out the Kremlin’s forces after 19 months of war amid concerns among some Western allies over the pace of progress, according to U.S. officials.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, gets out of a car as he arrives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a meeting with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6. Blinken arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit Wednesday, hours after Russia launched its first missile attack in a week against the Ukrainian capital.
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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, welcomes US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ahead of a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6.
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UKRAINIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PRESS SERVICE VIA AP

In this photo provided by Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, walk at the Alley of Heroes at the Berkovetske cemetery in Kyiv Wednesday, Sept. 6, in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy greets U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken before a meeting at Bankova in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6.
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A Ukrainian serviceman shouts to paramedics in front of bodies killed after a Russian rocket attack on the food market in the city centrer of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6.
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Paramedics carry an injured man into an ambulance after a Russian rocket attack on a food market in the city center of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6.
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Ukrainian soldiers move to the ambulance an injured woman after a Russian rocket attack on a food market in the city center of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6.
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Rescue workers put out a fire after a Russian rocket attack on a food market in the city center of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6.

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