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Separatist leader: more than 5,000 Ukrainian prisoners held in breakaway region -TASS

View of an abandoned building damaged in a missile strike, amid Russia's invasion of the country, in the city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

A pro-Russian separatist leader in East Ukraine said that more than 5,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war were being held in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, TASS reported on Friday.

Reuters was not immediately able to verify the report.

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