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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko cancelled his planned appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv after a shelling attack in the war-torn eastern part of the country reportedly killed four civilians.

The head of the conflict-riven Donetsk region of the country said the deaths occurred when “Russian occupying forces” shelled a block of flats.

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