Russian attack kills at least 18 in Ukraine, some of them children buried under rubble

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russian attack kills at least 18 in Ukraine, some of them children buried under rubble belongs near the top of the front page because it shapes the political, economic, or diplomatic weather around everything else. Russian attack kills at least 18 in Ukraine, some of them children buried under rubble AP News

Why this leads

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What sits behind it

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