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Gukovo

a city (until 1955, a settlement) in Rostov Oblast, RSFSR. Railroad station on the Likhaia-Debal’tsevo line. Population, 65,000 (1970). Coal is mined in the area, which is part of the Donets coal basin. Gukov has a brick works, a plant producing reinforced concrete mine supports, a rubber plant, a garment factory, a knitted goods factory, and a textile and haberdashery factory. There is also a construction technicum in the city.

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A three-month mandate was given to the mission and the monitors were deployed at the Russian checkpoints Donetsk and Gukovo.

THE UKRAINE CRISIS AND THE EU

There were also no instances of military vehicles crossing the border in some two weeks which the observers spent at Gukovo and Donetsk checkpoints, he added.

OSCE Monitors: No Ammunition Moved through Russia-Ukraine Border

A mine round launched from Ukraine's territory exploded near Gukovo checkpoint, last month, after shells exploded in the Russian city of Donetsk in Rostov Region, killing one civilian and injuring two.

Lavrov: Russia Has Right for Security Measures as War Rages near Its Borders

"Starting from last night, protracted fighting has continued in the vicinity of the Dolzhanka and Gukovo checkpoints (The Ukrainian army is) trying to push us away from the border and take it under control," the spokesperson told RIA Novosti, adding that fighting is particularly fierce near the town Krasniy Partizan.

Independence Supporters, Ukrainian Army Fighting Near Russian Border

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