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Russian shelling hits car in Donetsk Oblast, kills driver

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Russian shelling hits car in Donetsk Oblast, kills driver
The railway station in Krasnohorivka, Donetsk Oblast, Jan. 1, 2013. Illustrative purposes only. (Wikpedia/Pavlo Belytsky)

Russian forces shelled a road in Donetsk Oblast's Krasnohorivka on Nov. 6, killing a 32-year-old man in his car, Susiplne Donbas reported, citing the spokesperson of the regional prosecutor's office.

Russia launched the attack at around 5 p.m., using artillery, spokesperson Anastasiia Miedviedieva said.

No further details were provided.

The front-line town of Krasnohorivka, with a pre-war population of under 15,000 only a few kilometers west of occupied Donetsk, suffers regular attacks by Russian forces.

On Nov. 5 and overnight, Russian attacks injured two people in Donetsk Oblast, the regional military administration reported early on Nov. 6.

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Martin Fornusek

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Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

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