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Shots with multiple rocket launchers in Sloviansk this Sunday caused “six dead and fifteen wounded”, announced the mayor of this city in eastern Ukraine besieged by the Russian army.
“Provisional balance of today’s shots: six dead, 15 wounded. Among the dead, there is a child. indicated on Facebook the mayor of the city, Vadim Lyakconfirming a balance previously communicated by a regional spokeswoman to the Ukrainian outlet Suspilne.
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The first mayor specified that several neighborhoods of the city, which had about 100,000 inhabitants before the war, had been hit.
“Shots from multiple rocket launchers in Sloviansk, the strongest for a long time. There are 15 fires. Many dead and wounded.”he had previously stated in a video posted on Facebook.
Tetiana Ignachenko, a spokeswoman for the region of Donetskreiterated the authorities’ appeal to the inhabitants to leave the region.
The front line of battle is a few kilometers from Sloviansk.
According to the Ukrainian media, one of the city’s markets was on fire as a result of those attacks.
Slovyansk and Kramatorsk are key targets for Russia, particularly if Ukraine confirms the taking of Lysychansk, claimed by Russia.
Source: Elcomercio
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