Two drone operators from the 87th Separate Rifle Regiment died in combat near Pokrovsk after their field commander forced them into an assault detachment as punishment for criticizing command.
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Two drone operators died in combat after being forced into assault detachment as punishment for criticizing command
Field commander forced reassignment to assault tasks
Three ICRC staff killed and two wounded in shelling attack on aid distribution site in Donetsk region
On September 13, Russians killed three residents of the Donetsk region: in Bilytske, Bohoiavlenka and Kostiantynivka.
Russian attacks against Donetsk Oblast killed four people and injured 10 over the past day, according to Governor Vadym Filashkin.
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