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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says Ukraine is initiating an extraordinary meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on Donbas settlement over threats voiced by the leader of Russia-controlled separatists in Donetsk region Denis Pushilin to open fire on the positions of Ukraine’s Joint Forces Operation (JFO) near the village of Shumy.

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