Ukrainian forces shell volunteers in DPR, kill three
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DPR head Denis Pushilin says the Ukrainian forces killed and injured a dozen of activists in a district in the Donetsk People's Republic.
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Ukrainian forces continue to shell civilians in DPR
Three activists of the Molodaya Respublika organization were killed today, Sunday, and 11 were injured by the shelling of the Ukrainian armed forces against the Shakhtyorsky district in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), according to Denis Pushilin, the DPR head.
"This morning, the Ukrainian militants fired at the Shakhtyorsky district, where activists of the Molodaya Respublika were on a volunteer mission. As a result, 11 people were injured, and three were killed. Search work is underway for four people," Pushilin wrote on Telegram.
Earlier today, the Russian MoD announced that up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 700 Grad rockets were destroyed.
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The Russian military hit a Ukrainian artillery unit and destroyed a NATO ammunition depot in Salvyansk, Donetsk - an area currently under control by Ukrainian forces with precision strikes using ground-based weapons, as revealed by the Russian Defense Ministry on Sunday.
"High-precision ground-based weapons struck a temporary deployment point of a Ukrainian artillery unit and an ammunition depot on the territory of the ceramic plant in the city of Slavyansk. Up to 100 military personnel, more than 1,000 artillery rounds for US-made M777 howitzers and about 700 rockets for 'Grad' MLRS were destroyed," the Ministry said.
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