📢 Statement

Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of Donetsk Regional Military Administration, condemned the Russian attack on Ocheretyn and urged residents of Donetsk Region to evacuate from front-line areas to save civilian lives.

Mariupol, Donetsk
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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent UNIAN Censor.NET

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Pavlo Kyrylenko (person) Donetsk Regional Military Administration (organization) Ocheretyn (location) UK intelligence (organization) Russian troops (military_unit) Mariupol (location) Ukrainian intelligence (organization) Russian Guards (military_unit) Federal Security Service (organization) Azovstal (location) Mykhailo Podoliak (person) Office of the President of Ukraine (organization) Rosguard (military_unit) FSB (organization) Roman Vasyliuk (person) Russian special services (organization) Azov Regiment (military_unit) Mariupol Defenders (military_unit) Azovstal steel plant (location) Donetsk Oblast (location) Ukraine (organization) Russia (organization) Alexey Arestovych (person) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Government of Ukraine (organization) Russian Government (organization) British Intelligence (organization) Azovstal plant (location) Rosgvardia (organization) OSCE Monitoring Mission (organization) Russian forces (organization) International Committee of the Red Cross (organization) Sviatoslav Palamar (person) Vadym Skichko (person) Vadim Boychenko (person) Vadym Boychenko (person) Oleksiy Arestovych (person) Alexei Arestovych (person) Sergei Shoigu (person) Alexei Novikov (person) Olga Novikova (person) Petr Andryuschenko (person) 109th Territorial Defense Brigade (military_unit) Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office (organization) British Ministry of Defense (organization) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Iryna Vereshchuk (person) United Nations (organization) Antonio Guterres (person)

Source Reports

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Kyrylenko stated that Russian occupiers took the lives of two children from Ocheretyn hromada and will never be forgiven

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Kyrylenko urged residents to evacuate from the front line to save lives rather than remaining in homes

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Kyrylenko stated that destroyed infrastructure will be rebuilt

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Video was shot on April 24

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Civilians in the video are mostly women and children

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

One woman stated they only have enough water left for another week

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Toddlers are sleeping in diapers made of plastic bags and fabric

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukraine proposed to Russia to conduct a special round of negotiations right at the walls of Azovstal.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

British intelligence stated that Ukrainian forces inflicted significant losses on Russian troops and repulsed numerous attacks along the line of contact in Donbas.

Censor.NET → Source tone: speculation

Russian combat effectiveness is likely to decline due to low morale and limited time to regroup forces after previous offensives.

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