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The south-eastern city of Volnovakha has been completely destroyed since the Russian invasion, says governor of the Donetsk region Pavlo Kyrylenko.
He said since the invasion began most of Volnovakha’s population has fled, and much of its infrastructure has been destroyed, meaning the city effectively no longer exists.
“In general, Volnovakha with its infrastructure as such no longer exists,” he told Ukrainian TV channel Direct.
But he said fighting is still going on there to prevent a Russian encirclement of the strategically important territory.
Volnovakha has been under a heavy barrage of shelling, rockets and air strikes, destroying almost every building in the town.