Sappers come under Russian fire in Pokrovsk district

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In Pokrovsk district of Donetsk region, sappers of the State Emergency Service came under Russian fire, shrapnel damaged a car.

According to Ukrinform, the State Emergency Service reported this on Facebook.

“Today, during the inspection of the territory by a pyrotechnic team in the Pokrovsk district, there was an enemy shelling of the demining site. Shrapnel damaged a sapper's vehicle,” the statement reads.

The personnel were not injured and are now at a safe distance from the affected area.

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As Ukrinform reported earlier, Russian troops struck 3,048 times in Donetsk region over the past day, December 19, damaging 50 civilian objects, including 31 residential buildings.

Photo: SES