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A road sign marks the entrance to Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast on Dec. 3, 2023. Photo for illustrative purposes. (Yurii Stefanyak/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Russian attacks on April 12 in the Donetsk Oblast towns of Niu-York and Krasnohorivka killed two people, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported. Another eight people were injured across the oblast, he added.

Residents of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk Oblast suffer from daily Russian strikes due to their proximity to the front line.

Filashkin did not provide any more details on the casualties or the nature of the Russian attacks.

The previous day, at least three people were injured in a missile strike on the Donetsk Oblast city of Kostiantynivka.

After 10 years of war, Krasnohorivka in new danger as Russia advances in the east
Editor’s note: Due to fear caused by the tense environment in Krasnohorivka and the possibility of their city being occupied by Russian forces in the future, some subjects interviewed declined to give their last names. KRASNOHORIVKA, DONETSK OBLAST – On the streets of the small industrial city of K…

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