Missile

Missile event in Ukraine on Fri 29th December 2023

29th December 2023

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A famous Ukrainian basketball player, Viktor Kobzystyi, has been killed in a Russian missile attack on Lviv on 29 December.

Source: Anton Nikulin, Head of the Sports Department of the Lviv City Council; Mykhailo Brodskyi, President of the Basketball Federation of Ukraine; Tribuna, a Ukrainian sport-related news outlet

Quote from Nikulin: "Viktor Kobzystyi, a Ukrainian basketball player, coach, and international master of sports of Ukraine, has been killed by the Russian missile attack on Lviv."

Details: Mykhailo Brodskyi, President of Ukraine's Basketball Federation, confirmed Kobzystyi's death.

For reference: Kobzystyi played for the Ukrainian national team at the European Championships in 2001 and 2005. He also played for Dnipro, Budivelnyk and Azovmash teams. He retired from playing in 2011. He was the head coach of the women's Dynamo Kyiv.

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Reports emerged that a missile strike on Lviv damaged three schools and a kindergarten, killing 1 civilian and injuring at least 15 others.

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