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Warning siren sounds in rebel-held capital in east Ukraine -Reuters witness

Ukraine Donetsk

FILE PHOTO: Service members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces take part in military drills at a firing ground in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 15, 2022. General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS

A loud warning siren sounded in the centre of the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Friday after a Russian-backed separatist leader in the breakaway region announced an evacuation of residents, a Reuters witness said.

Separately, the head of the self-declared Luhansk People's Republic, east Ukraine's second separatist-held region, also announced an evacuation of residents.

People will start being bussed out from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic on Friday at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), Interfax news agency cited a source as saying.

(Reporting by Kazbek Basayev; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by)

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