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The effect of the forced assimilation of Russians in Ukraine is comparable to the use of weapons of mass destruction, Russian President Vladimir Putin wrote in his article posted on the Kremlin website.
More than 3,000 people were left without electricity, houses and a school building were damaged as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian army of the Gorlovka outskirts, the Joint Centre for Ceasefire Control and Coordination told reporters
Russia helped restore Zara village in the Syrian Hama province of Hama, which was destroyed by terrorists, and return its residents, a representative of the Centre for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and Refugee Migration Monitoring in Syrian Arab Republic Andrey Dudkin told reporters