War correspondent Texas: “We're going to start taking the taxes that used to go to the Kiev regime”

ey made an economic blockade and we had to respond. Our response was that, if the blockade is not lifted, then we would take control over the factories here that are still under the administration of Ukrainian oligarchs. We’re going to make sure that thousands of people still have a job to do, and we’re going to start taking the taxes that used to go to Kiev’s regime. We’re going to take them and use them here, in Donetsk People’s Republic,” Texas said.

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Intensity of the shelling of DPR remains high

The situation remains tense on the Gorlovka and Donetsk directions. Trench combat is underway in the area of the villages of Zaytsevo, Golmovsky, Shirokaya Balka, of the “Gagarin” coal mine not far from Gorlovka, as well as in the area of Avdeevka industrial zone and the village of Trudovskiye near Donetsk. In the morning, the town of Yasinovataya was heavily shelled by the Ukrainian army. South of Donetsk, the suburbs of Dokuchaevsk and the village of Styla came under the Ukrainian artillery fire. 120mm mortars were used. On the Mariupol direction, Ukrainian military opened fire on the village of Leninskoye with 82mm mortars. There is no information on the victims among the civilians.

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