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The eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk was today subjected to a powerful rocket attack by the Russian armed forces.

Many people were killed and injured, said the mayor of the city, Vadim Lyakh, quoted by Reuters.

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"At least 15 fires. Many killed and injured," Liakh wrote in Telegram.

The mayor said that this is the most massive recent shelling of the city.

According to Tetiana Ignatchenko, spokeswoman for the administration of the Donetsk region, six people were killed and fifteen were injured, France Press reported, quoted by BTA.

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