Maria Zaitseva, a 24-year-old Belarusian combat medic with the International Legion under Ground Forces, was killed near Pokrovsk one day after her 24th birthday.
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Maria Zaitseva was killed by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine.
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Russian occupiers are storming Ukrainian positions near Pokrovsk, described as a 'very hot situation'.
One person was wounded in Pokrovsk following shelling.
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