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Mourners place flowers on the coffins of Sofia Shulha, 11, and Pysarev Kiriusha, 17, during a funeral in Uman, central Ukraine, Sunday, April 30, 2023.

Video. WATCH: Ukraine mourns the deaths of children killed in Russian strike

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Almost all of the 23 victims of the attack on Friday died when two missiles slammed into an apartment building in Uman. Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said six children were among the dead.

Relatives and friends cried next to coffins on Sunday as they buried children and others killed in a Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city.

Mykhayl Shulha, 6, cried and hugged relatives next to the coffin of his 11-year-old sister Sofia Shulha during Sunday's funeral while others paid respects to a 17-year-old boy.

As mourners held candles and sang, the priest at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God waved a vessel containing incense over the coffins. He said the deaths had hit the entire community hard.

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