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Russian troops hit Slovyansk with S-300 missiles: one person killed, 25 injured

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Russian troops hit Slovyansk with S-300 missiles: one person killed, 25 injured
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Photo: Andriy Yermak on Telegram.

Today, at around 10:30 a.m., the Russian military fired S300 missiles at Slovyansk in Donetsk Region. The attack resulted in a death and several injuries, the head of the Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak, said on Telegram.

"Russian terrorists shelled Slovyansk. There is a dead and wounded. Terrorism in response to defeats on the battlefield is the only thing the Russian nation is capable of," the statement said.

Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk Military Administration, said that at least one person was killed and 25 were wounded in the shelling of Slovyansk. Administrative and office buildings, 5 multi-storey buildings and 7 detached houses were destroyed. The occupiers hit the town centre at around 10:30 a.m. with two S300 missiles.

Before that, the occupiers shelled Slovyansk on 12 March. At that time, they damaged railway tracks.

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