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Military operation in Ukraine

Ukrainian forces launched 31 attacks on DPR settlements over past 24 hours

Three residential buildings, passenger cars, specialized machinery, and three civilian infrastructure facilities sustained damage

DONETSK, September 27. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces carried out 31 attacks on settlements in the Donetsk People's Republic over the past 24 hours, wounding one civilian, the regional government’s department for recording Ukraine’s war crimes reported.

"Thirty-one armed attacks by Ukrainian formations were recorded, and reports were received regarding the wounding of one civilian. Three residential buildings, passenger cars, specialized machinery, and three civilian infrastructure facilities sustained damage," the statement said.

The department also said that it had received additional information regarding two civilians wounded in Konstantinovka on September 20, four in Gorlovka, and one in the Telmanovo municipal district on September 25.

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