Ukrainian civilians despair as Pro-Russian separatists forces take over Donetsk town

Pro-Russian separatists of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Russian regular forces were filmed on Sunday in the village of Mykolaivka in the Donetsk region.

Destroyed military machinery was seen in the village as well as a body of a man dressed in military uniform.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday, confirming the fears of the West of an invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

Putin, who denied for months that he was planning an invasion, has called Ukraine an artificial creation carved from Russia by its enemies, a characterisation Ukrainians call shocking and false.

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