“On February 5, the Russians wounded four residents of Donetsk region: two in Pokrovsk, one in Lyman and Roza,” Filashkin said. He emphasized that the total number of victims of the Russian invaders in Donetsk region (2,957 killed, 6,669 injured) is given without taking into account Mariupol and Volnovakha.

Local media reported that Moscow launched 17 attacks in the Donetsk region in one day, killing and wounding several people. View on euronews

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Russian forces killed one resident of the Donetsk region and wounded two others, according to Vadym Filashkin, head of the regional state administration. — Ukrinform.

Moscow’s troops used the same pincer tactic on Velyka Novosilka that has enabled their recent capture of town after town in eastern Ukraine.

The Kremlin said contacts between the U.S. and Russia had taken place, the first time Moscow has hinted the two countries are discussing a potential plan to end fighting in Ukraine.

He is the author of Does Conquest Pay? The Exploitation of Occupied Industrial Societies. Today, about 20 percent of southeastern Ukraine is under Russian occupation, including Crimea and large parts of the Donetsk,