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- ↑ "Video: Ukrainian sniper shares new video of injured fighter 'torn apart by an explosion'". CNN. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ↑ Schumacher, Samuel (7 March 2023). "Ukrainer berichtet auf TikTok direkt von der Front". Blick (in German). Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ↑ "Ukraine facing Easter fall of Bakhmut". Vatican News. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.