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Pro-Russian militants in Sloviansk have reported dozens of people killed and wounded during the fighting in the town on May 5.

“Currently we have data about 20 of our fighters killed and dozens of
injured civilians,” representatives from the so-called self-defense
headquarters Sloviansk told Interfax by phone.

“More accurate data will apparently be known by tomorrow morning,” the source said.