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Politics

Russia pounds Ukraine's Donbas and Mykolaiv regions

FILE PHOTO: Chief of the directorate of media service and information of the Russian Defence Ministry, Major-General Igor Konashenkov speaks during a news conference, dedicated to the crash of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane operating flight MH17 downed in eastern Ukraine in 2014, in Moscow, Russia September 17, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Russia pounded Ukrainian forces with airstrikes and artillery in the east and the south, targeting command centres, troops, and ammunition depots, the Russian defence ministry said on Sunday.

Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the defence ministry, said air-launched missiles hit three command points, 13 areas where troops and Ukrainian military equipment amassed, as well as four ammunition depots in the Donbas.

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