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Local students and workers from budget-financed enterprises and organizations have reportedly been forced into attending the funeral of recently killed leader of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”) Alexander Zakharchenko in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk on Sunday, September 2.

What is more, local residents from neighboring Russian-occupied towns and villages are being bussed to the funeral, the Ukrainian news outlet Novosti Donbassa has reported.

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