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Governor: Russian forces shell thermal plant in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast.

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Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported on Sept. 17 that the Russian attack damaged the city's power plant, and firefighters are fighting the fire at the site. The water supply in the neighboring town of Mykolaivka was affected as a result of the latest shelling, according to Kyrylenko.

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Pokrovsk, a city that held back some of Russia’s fiercest assaults for over a year, is now on the verge of falling. The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell explains how the battle reached this point and what Pokrovsk’s fall could mean for the wider defense of Donetsk Oblast.

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