The enemy damaged both housing and outbuildings.
The Russian enemy fired at the cities of Luhansk region 10 times last night, the head of OVA Sergey Gaidai reported. He also added that battles are being fought in the region for the village of Orikhove.
Popasna. The Russians shelled Lysychansk four times and Popasna twice. There is a lot of noise in the mountain community almost continuously, “Gaidai said.
He noted that in each of the mentioned cities there is damage to housing and farm buildings. In particular, in one of the garage cooperatives the fire covered a large area. Rescuers fought the fire for several hours.
“The enemy has repeatedly tried to storm the positions of the Armed Forces in the area of Orikhovo and Svitlichnoye. Our military is repelling well, but the Russians are using all their weapons to open fire on settlements, destroying buildings and infrastructure – it is impossible to restore water, electricity and gas there, “said the head of the OVA.
Gaidai said that our defenders repulsed nine enemy attacks. In particular, the Ukrainian military destroyed six tanks, one artillery system, 12 units of armored vehicles, a car and an anti-aircraft gun, shot down a plane, a cruise missile and five unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Earlier in the General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that the occupying forces > shelling of Ukrainian military fortifications along the entire line of contact in Donetsk and Tavriya directions. First of all, from artillery, mortars and multiple rocket launchers. In addition, the invaders continue to blockade our units in Mariupol, near the Azovstal plant.
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