Australian volunteer Russell Allan Wilson, serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was killed while carrying out a combat mission in Donetsk Oblast on December 12.
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Australian volunteer Russell Allan Wilson was killed in action while serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine on December 12
Approximately 316,000 civilians currently remain in Ukrainian-controlled areas of Donetsk region with mandatory evacuation efforts ongoing.
Over 1.18 million people have been evacuated from Donetsk region, including around 188,000 children and over 46,000 people with disabilities.
Recent Russian advances place Russian forces about six to ten kilometers away from the outskirts of Pokrovsk
противник будет пытаться охватить Покровск с запада и создать предпосылки для взятия в тиски и дальнейшей атаки на него
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