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A body has been found in the search for a man believed missing in New South Wales floods. 

The body was located on a rural property in Wallanthery, in the state's central west, this morning and is believed to belong a missing 63-year-old man.

The man was last seen on October 11 about 35 kilometres away on a rural property in Hillston.

Police were notified when he did not return home that night and commenced a search at the Lachlan Valley Way property.

The NSW State Emergency Service joined the search along with NSW ambulance and various police agencies.

But he could not be found.

Police recovered the body after it was sighted on the rural property today.

The man is yet to be formally identified.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding his death. 

A report will be prepared for the coroner. 

This comes as a second death was recorded in Victoria's flood crisis. 

A pregnant woman and her husband killed in Kyiv by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian "kamikaze" drone strike were inseparable, like "yin and yang", their close friend has told CNN.

"These people loved life," Anna Petrukova said of Victoria Zamchenko and her husband Bohdan, both 34, who she described as a "wonderful couple".

"They had a lot of plans – they dreamed of their own home, children, a full-fledged family, travel. They had very big plans for this life," Petrukova said.

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The Zamchenkos died at home in their apartment in Kyiv on Monday, following a barrage of strikes by Russian-launched, Iranian-made "kamikaze" drones, according to Ukrainian officials.

Victoria Zamchenko was six months pregnant with the couple's first child.

Drones have played a significant role in the conflict since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February, but their use has increased since Moscow acquired new drones from Iran over the summer.

Unlike more traditional, larger and faster military drones that return to base after dropping missiles, "kamikaze" drones are designed to crash into a target and explode, detonating their warhead and destroying the drones in the process.

The Ukrainian military and US intelligence say Russia is using Iranian-made attack drones. 

US officials told CNN in July that Iran had begun showcasing Shahed series drones to Russia at Kashan Airfield south of Tehran the previous month.

In August, US officials said Russia had bought these drones and was training its forces how to use them. According to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russia has ordered 2400 Shahed-136 drones from Iran.

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'Yin and yang'

The Zamchenkos were among at least five people killed in the Russian drone attacks on Kyiv Monday, which sent shock waves through the Ukrainian capital, damaging residential buildings and burying civilians under rubble. 

At least three people died in separate strikes on Tuesday.

Petrukova, who was in phone contact with Victoria Zamchenko just minutes before her death, said the first drone strikes Monday had trapped the couple in their apartment.

"They could no longer leave the house because there was an incoming hit at the [thermal power plant] right opposite," Petrukova recalled. 

"So they were sitting in the corridor."

"The last message from her was at 8.18am [when] she heard two more incoming hits. 

"After that, obviously, there was a fifth one. And the connection with her was lost."

Petrukova added that the couple had been considering leaving the city, after the windows of their apartment were blown out in an attack last week.

Victoria Zamchenko had returned to Kyiv in August from her home city of Rinve in western Ukraine. 

She had missed her work as a sommelier at a local wine shop, Petrukova said.

"She was cheerful, highly intelligent, soulful, funny, deep kind of person," Petrukova said of her friend. 

"We always had something to talk about and something to be silent about."

Together since their university days, the Zamchenkos were "inseparable," like "yin and yang," Petrukova said.

"It is impossible to imagine them separately. They always held hands, always hugged. 

"There was a lot of tenderness and warmth between them. 

"It was always a pleasure to be around them. They were fun people."

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An Adelaide housing trust property has been left in "disgraceful" condition, labelled "beyond disappointing" in the middle of a housing crisis.

Residents in neighbouring homes have complained about the squalor for five months but they said the state government has refused to act.

Video has shown the flat has rubbish strewn across the floor, dog food everywhere and no room on the kitchen bench.

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The property also has holes in the walls and the bathroom has been torn to shreds.

The front yard has overgrown grass and broken windows, which greet 62-year-old neighbour Garry across the court every morning.

"I feel like I want to dig a hole and bury myself, because it's shocking, it's disgraceful," he said.

"It's very outrageous that people out there are crying (out) for houses, especially with kids."

Neighbours first raised concerns about the mess with the state government in May.

They claim the property has now been vacant for a month and they have been ignored.

Opposition spokeswoman Michelle Lensink said the state of the property was "beyond disappointing".

"Particularly when we're in the middle of a housing crisis," she said.

Human Services Minister Nat Cook confirmed the government has known about the mess for five months and admitted action needed to be taken.

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"The state of the property is absolutely unacceptable," Cook said.

"There is a process where everybody's rights need to be taken into account.

"Unfortunately this does often take some time."

The minister said the government will work to ensure the mess is cleaned up.

Thousands of speeding fines are set to be scrapped in Victoria after the state's camera watchdog ruled motorists weren't being treated fairly.

After a two-month investigation, Road Safety Camera Commissioner Neville Taylor recommended that drivers pinged in a 40km/h zone at the intersection of Nepean Highway and Davey Street in Frankston should be excused.

The drivers were nabbed on the highway between April 15 and June 16 of this year.

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Taylor found the stretch highway had different speed limits for different stretches at different times.

Locals in Frankston have told 9News Melbourne that the recommendation was a complete relief.

Seaford businessman Adam Ray received six fines in the space of three weeks at the Davey Street intersection.

"It's been a 60km/h zone for a very long time," he told 9News Melbourne.

"All the fines, I was under 60km/h so to be hit with $100 (of fines) in a short time was pretty scary actually."

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Maria Daveron also received two fines of her own. 

"I'm not a hoon, I was never a hoon," she told 9News Melbourne.

"Like a lot of people, I was just going about my day-to-day, travelling through the intersection."

The road safety camera commissioner found the number of people detected for going over 40km/h "skyrocketed" during April and June.

"I've recommended due to the exceptional circumstances around the speed limit reduction processes that because people were likely confused about it," Taylor said.

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"People detected between 40km/hand 60km/h an hour (should have) their offences excused."

Police have accepted the recommendations and Fines Victoria has already started refunding the money.

The Department of Transport will also be returning demerit points to affected drivers.