Two children were among the injured and a dog was also killed, according to the local authorities.Psychologists from the State Emergency Service and National Police provided help to 63 people at the site of the attack.Media reports said one of those injured was Serhiy Kivalov, a discredited ally of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych ousted following the 2014 EuroMaidan Revolution.Kivalov, the former lawmaker and head of the Central Election Commission, lives in the mansion that caught fire as a result of the strike, according to images shared by Suspilne.The mansion is known to locals as "Kivalov's Castle" or the "Harry Potter Castle."The State Emergency Service reported that firefighters had eliminated a blaze in the building's roof.FT: Western banks paid 4 times more taxes to Russia in 2023 than before all-out warThe largest Western banks that continue to operate in Russia have paid 800 million euros ($857 million) in taxes to its budget in 2023, which is four times more than before Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Financial Times (FT) reported, citing its analysis.The Kyiv IndependentKateryna DenisovaMilitary intelligence: Over 18,000 Russian troops of Southern Military District have desertedSoldiers of Russia's Southern Military District, whose units are deployed in Ukraine, are deserting their posts in increasing numbers, Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) said on April 29.According to many observers, low morale has been a recurring problem for the Russian Armed Forces fighting in Ukraine.Over 18,000 soldiers of the Southern Military District have allegedly deserted, with around 12,000 of them belonging to the 8th Combined Arms Army – a unit often deployed in hostilities in eastern Ukraine.Of this number, around 10,000 are mobilized conscripts and 2,000 contract soldiers, the military intelligence agency said.The U.K.

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