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Refugee says Ukrainian forces killed 20 civilians in town of Ukrainsk

The regional branch of the United Russia party in Donetsk helps evacuate civilians from frontline settlements

DONETSK, November 6. /TASS/. Ukrainian forces threw smoke grenades into the basement of a building in the town of Ukrainsk, killing all of the 20 civilians that were hiding there from shelling, said a refugee who was evacuated by Russian troops.

"Twenty people were killed in our town. Ukrainians threw a grenade into the basement, so people got suffocated. It was in Ukrainsk, building number 66. It was in my town," the man said in a video provided by the regional branch of the United Russia party in Donetsk.

The party helps evacuate civilians from frontline settlements.

Russian servicemen tried to help the people, he said, but it was too late. He added that the dead bodies still remain in the basement.