Russian Strikes Damage Educational Institutions in Donetsk Region

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Footage captures the devastation caused to a technical college in the Donetsk city of Sloviansk after local officials said it was bombed on Friday, August 26.

Video from Stanislav Storozhenko shows authorities battling fires in the remains of Sloviansk’s Chemical and Mechanical Technical College as well as destruction to nearby buildings.

Though no casualties were reported, Sloviansk’s mayor Vadim Lyakh urged residents to evacuate.

Pavlo Kyrylenko, Governor of Donetsk Oblast, said a school in Mykolaivka, a few miles east of Sloviansk, was also was targeted in Friday’s strikes. Credit: Stanislav Storozhenko via Storyful

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