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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Russia has boasted its troops have killed \u201cup to 80\u201d Polish fighters in \u201cprecision strikes\u201d in eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n

This is as the Russian troops have completely occupied the city of Severodonetsk in the eastern region.<\/p>\n

The Russian defence ministry said in a statement on Saturday that \u201cup to 80 Polish mercenaries, 20 armoured combat vehicles and eight Grad multiple rocket launchers were destroyed in precision strikes on the Megatex zinc factory in Konstantinovka.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another development, Russia has said it cannot have Polish flag in its monuments.<\/p>\n

The President Vladimir Putin-led government said this while removing Polish flag from Soviet massacre memorial, which commemorates the thousands of Poles killed by the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n

This is amid heightened tensions between Russia and Poland over the ongoing war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The mayor of Smolensk city, Andrei Borisov confirmed the removal of the flag from the Katyn memorial in western Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere cannot be Polish flags on Russian monuments. Even less so after the frankly anti-Russian comments by Polish political leaders,\u201d Borisov said on social media platform, VKontakte.<\/p>\n

He backed the Russian Ministry of Culture for removing the flag, insisting the ministry \u201cmade the right decision by removing the Polish flag. Katyn is a Russian memorial.\u201d<\/p>\n

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