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Military operations continue between Russia and Ukraine in the Donetsk region, where Russian forces reported liberating several towns and carrying out mass strikes on Ukrainian targets over the past week.
Sidorenko was forced to flee her home after several attacks by Ukrainian drones, which killed her husband and three of her neighbors.
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Russian forces found Sidorenko and another survivor in a garage where they were hiding from Ukrainian drone attacks.
Sidorenko said: “We set off as six people in groups. The first group was attacked by a drone, and a woman was killed.”
She added: "My neighbor and I were able to survive together. The third group, a mother and her son, were killed."
It is noteworthy that in December 2025, Valery Solodchuk, commander of the Central Forces Group of the Russian Ministry of Defense, reported that the 9th Brigade liberated the city of Rudinskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
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Ukrainian forces will continue to use drones to target Russian positions in Donetsk
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