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Vitali Klitschko, as Kyiv's mayor, is being cited directly in news coverage of Russian missile strikes on the city, including a "massive" attack that killed 27 people and injured more than 100. His name is also surfacing alongside reports about his brother Wladimir's former fiancée, actress Hayden Panettiere, who died at 36.
Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian politician and former boxer, is trending due to Russian missile strikes on Kyiv that killed 27 people and reports about his brother Wladimir's former fiancée Hayden Panettiere's death at 36.
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