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Military operation in Ukraine

Kiev troops bombard Donetsk People’s Republic nine times over past day

A civilian was killed

DONETSK, April 6. /TASS/. The Ukrainian military shelled residential areas in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) nine times over the past 24 hours, a civilian was killed, the department for documenting Ukraine’s war crimes at the DPR head’s office and government said in a statement.

"Over the past 24-hour period, nine shelling attacks by Ukraine’s armed formations were registered. We have information that a civilian has been killed," the statement said.

According to the statement, a passenger car, a truck, and two civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. A total of 10 different types of munitions were fired.

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