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By DAN BASHAKOV and HANNA ARHIROVA<\/strong><\/p>\n

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 Hundreds of Ukrainians marched through the capital on Friday, demanding that the government veto a bill that families of missing soldiers say could lead to their loved ones being prematurely declared dead.<\/p>\n

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The protesters gathered to oppose Bill No. 13646, which addresses the legal status of missing persons. Participants said that certain provisions of the legislation could allow courts to declare missing Ukrainian military personnel legally dead before their fate has been confirmed.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday all the families came out so that the missing are not equated with the dead,\u201d said Mariana Yatselenko, 27, who took part in the Kyiv march.<\/p>\n

More than 90,000 people are listed as missing in Ukraine\u2019s unified registry of persons who disappeared under special circumstances, according to Artur Dobrosierdov, the country\u2019s commissioner for missing persons.<\/p>\n

The missing date back to 2014<\/h4>\n

Neither Russia nor Ukraine publish regular casualty numbers in the war, although analysts estimate hundreds of thousands of casualties in the fighting.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian register covers people who went missing during combat, as a result of armed aggression or in occupied territories, mostly after Russia\u2019s all-out invasion began on Feb. 24, 2022. But some cases date back to 2014, when Russian soldiers invaded the Crimean Peninsula and pro-Russia forces started fighting in eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The registry began operating in May 2023, and at that point, information about both military personnel and civilians from previous years was entered into it.<\/p>\n

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Similar demonstrations have been held previously over the bill, reflecting growing pressure from relatives of soldiers who are missing.<\/p>\n

Russia says Ukraine struck a dorm, killing 4<\/h4>\n

Ukrainian drones hit a college dormitory building in Starobilsk, a city in Ukraine\u2019s Russia-occupied Luhansk region, killing four people and wounding 39 others, Russian authorities said. Up to 18 people could be buried under the rubble, officials said.<\/p>\n

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denounced the strike as a \u201cheinous crime.\u201d Ukrainian officials made no immediate comment.<\/p>\n

The Russian Defense Ministry on Friday said that it intercepted 217 Ukrainian drones over multiple Russian regions, including the Moscow region and St. Petersburg, the country\u2019s second-largest city.<\/p>\n

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For the fourth time this month Ukraine struck Russia\u2019s Yaroslavl oil refinery, around 700 kilometers (440 miles) from the border, in an overnight operation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday.<\/p>\n

Ukraine has been pounding Russian oil facilities in an effort to deny Moscow funding for its invasion.<\/p>\n

U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting have brought no significant results and recently appeared to peter out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were not fruitful, unfortunately,\u201d U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said of negotiations over the past year with Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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No talks are happening now, he said during a trip to Sweden, although they could resume if Washington sees an opportunity for progress.<\/p>\n

Russian barrages as Ukraine makes battlefield gains<\/h4>\n

Ukraine\u2019s air force said that it shot down or jammed 115 of 124 Russian drones that were launched overnight, in regular bombardments of civilian areas that in recent months have escalated.<\/p>\n

Eleven people, including a child, were wounded in Russian attacks across the northern Sumy region, the National Police said. Also, a man was killed by a Russian drone in the city of Kherson, in southern Ukraine, according to the region\u2019s military administration chief.<\/p>\n

The number of Ukrainian civilian casualties verified by the United Nations increased by 21% in the first four months of this year, compared with the same period last year, with 815 civilians killed and 4,174 wounded.<\/p>\n

In Washington, the Trump administration approved a modest $108 million arms sale to Ukraine that will help the country sustain its midrange air defense missile system.<\/p>\n

The U.S. State Department announced the sale of ground-to-air Hawk missile components, spare parts and logistic support late Thursday. Under U.S. President Donald Trump, Washington has slashed military support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n

On the battlefield, Ukrainian counterattacks have driven the Russian army out of more than 400 square kilometers (150 square miles) of southern Ukraine since the end of last year, Western analysts say.<\/p>\n

Those successes are attributed to Ukraine\u2019s increasingly homegrown drone and missile technology, as well as Russian forces being denied access to Starlink satellite services used to steer drones toward targets.<\/p>\n

Ukraine keeps a wary eye on Belarus<\/h4>\n

Zelenskyy said that Russia could be planning new attacks on northern Ukraine, launched from Belarus.<\/p>\n

Moscow \u201cis eager to draw (Belarus) deeper into this war,\u201d Zelenskyy said on social media, warning that \u201cthere will be consequences\u201d for the Belarusian government, if it provides a platform for strikes on Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha alerted allies at a NATO meeting in Sweden about what Ukrainian intelligence services say are growing threats from Belarus. Sybiha urged partners to take unspecified deterrence measures against Minsk.<\/p>\n

Russia and Belarus held joint nuclear exercises earlier this week.<\/p>\n

The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, underscored \u201cRussia\u2019s ability to leverage Belarus for future Russian military operations and Russia\u2019s deepening de facto control over Belarus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew Lee in Washington, and Barry Hatton in Lisbon, Portugal, contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n

Follow the AP\u2019s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine<\/em><\/p>\n

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