A Russian journalist, Nikita Tsistagi, was allegedly killed in a drone attack near the Saint-Nicolas monastery outside Vugledar in eastern Ukraine, according to Russian media. This was the second attack on media workers in a week with the same signature.
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Russian journalist Nikita Tsistagi was killed in a drone attack near Vugledar.
Russian forces struck the village of Nova Poltavka near Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast, wounding seven people, including two children
Two boys aged four and seven were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds
Four women and a man suffered injuries
Houses and cars were damaged in the strike
In the Pokrovsk sector, Russian troops attacked Ukrainian defense lines 36 times. 25 enemy assaults were unsuccessful, while another 11 attacks are ongoing.
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