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They received the news that he had been killed by a mortar in Lyman three weeks ago.

He sat in an armchair in a destroyed building, covered in dust and debris, an arm apparently amputated by mortar fire.

The barrage of fire can be so fierce and sudden, their wounds could have been caused by mortars or explosives dropped from drones.

We were also shown three caches of weapons it said were found inside civilian homes here, including boxes of brand-new mortars, new anti-tank missiles and mines, as well as sophisticated shoulder launched rockets and night-scopes.

“I think in order to successfully run a brick and mortar space anymore, you really have to distill down to what your identity is,” said Irvington Vinyl & Books owner Elysia Smith.