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The village is located 10km north of Avdiivka, a city Moscow captured in February after months of bloody battles, where Kyiv's acute munition shortage has given Moscow a window to capture grounds.
The figure is only slightly lower than Kyiv’s official estimates, where the UK Minister of Armed Forces said there were “tens of thousands more have deserted” not included in the estimation.
Activists quickly gathered funds to dismantle the garage-like church building linked to the Moscow Patriarchate, yet the Ukrainian authorities are taking a disctinctly cautious approach.