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Russia has killed 263 children in Ukraine, wounded more than 467 since Feb. 24.

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On June 3, an 8-year-old boy was killed in a mine explosion on the beach in Mariupol. The figures are expected to be higher since they do not include child casualties in the areas where hostilities are ongoing and in the occupied areas, the Prosecutor General’s Office said.

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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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