More than half of the respondents in a new survey believe the nation has come together amid the Ukraine conflict The number of Russians with a sense of national unity has increased dramatically amid Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) reported on Thursday.

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Ukrainian troops have struck the city of Donetsk using multiple rocket launchers, local officials told TASS news agency on early Friday morning.  The statement came after at least five explosions were reported in the capital of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).