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A group of militants from one of the pro-Russian illegal armed units was spotted near the village of Zaitseve, north of the temporarily occupied Horlivka, who were sporting camouflage uniform alike that of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to the Monday report of the ATO press center on Facebook.

The militants opened fire from small arms, including at the residential infrastructure of the village, the report says.

"Thus, upon the orders of their curators from the Russian Federation, the criminals once again try to mislead the locals, blaming our soldiers in breach of ceasefire agreements and provocatively discredit the ATO forces. By the way, this is not the first such case," said the statement.

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