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'We prepare for worst', says governor of Ukraine frontline region

"It's a tough situation, in the city (of Lysychansk) and in the region as a whole," the 46-year-old Sergiy Gaiday told AFP in an interview, as Russians "are just shelling our troop positions 24 hours a day."

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Of his current role as a wartime administrator, Gaiday said: "It's hard, but I don't let my emotions out." "It's painful for me to see how my home city is being destroyed," he said, as well seeing those he knew die.