Over past day, Russians kill five civilians in Donetsk region

In the Donetsk region, over the past 24 hours, Russian troops killed five civilians and injured 30 others.

Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

"On August 7, in Pokrovsk, in the Donetsk region, Russians killed five residents. Another 30 people were injured in the region over the day," he noted.

Kyrylenko emphasized that it is currently impossible to establish the exact number of victims in Mariupol and Volnovakha.

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