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DONETSK – Five people were killed in a robbery of a PrivatBank branch at 21 Teatralny Boulevard in the center of Donetsk on Thursday, the spokesperson for the city police department, Olha Pochkalova, has said.

"Five people are dead. An operations group is working at the scene," she said.

She noted that a security agency operator informed the police about the bank robbery at 15.15.