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Russia-backed separatists of the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DPR) suffered significant losses near the occupied town of Dokuchaievsk over the weekend. “Ukrainian defenders destroyed the group of militants near the temporarily occupied Dokuchaievsk. The group had previously resorted to armed provocations,” the Povernys Zhyvym [Come Back Alive] project wrote on Facebook.

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