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Groups of snipers have arrived in the occupied town of Yasynuvata in Donetsk region to reinforce Russian-backed militant troops, according to a Ukrainian defense ministry spokesman.

“Military intelligence reports say that a sniper unit has arrived in Yasynuvata to beef up illegal armed groups,” Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Sept. 20.

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