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Three killed in Russian attack in eastern Ukraine - governor

Overnight Russian shelling killed three people, including a four-year-old boy, in the town of Ukrainsk in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, the regional governor said on Thursday.

Five people, including three children, were also wounded in the same attack, and two were wounded in attacks elsewhere in the region, governor Pavlo Kirilenko wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

Reuters was unable to verify the report.