MP Oleksii Honcharenko reported that the drama theater and a nearby hotel, the Donbas Palace, were hit in Donetsk.
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The drama theatre and Donbas Palace hotel were hit in Donetsk.
Kadyrovites were reportedly staying at the Donbas Palace hotel.
Russian shelling damaged a bus stop, a church, and a residential building in Toretsk.
A strike occurred at a Donetsk colony housing Ukrainian POWs.
SBU evidence suggests Russia planned a terror attack in Yelenovka, implying the recent strike might also be an inside job by Russian forces.
The city of Avdiivka has had no electricity for about three months, nor water or gas, leaving civilians in inhumane conditions.
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