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Weekend: Missile strike in Russian-occupied Luhansk region of Ukraine

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Missile strike in Russian-occupied Luhansk region of Ukraine

13/05/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Missile strike in Russian-occupied Luhansk region of Ukraine

Russian politician killed and several injuries reported in missile strike in Ukraine

Russian politician killed and several injuries reported in missile strike in Ukraine.

A missile strike kills a Russian parliamentarian and injures six children in the occupied Luhansk region of Ukraine.

Also, the Pulitzer Prize winning US-Iranian playwright on why she thinks comedy is an essential part of drama.

Joining Paul Henley to discuss these and other issues are Karen Fricker, theatre critic and a professor of dramatic arts at Brock University in Canada; and Julia Buxton, professor of criminology and a specialist in international drug policy at the University of Manchester.

(Image: Ukrainian paratroopers fire an L119 howitzer towards Russian positions at a front line in the Luhansk region. Credit: ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

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