This is more than on any other day.
During the day of August 24, when Ukraine celebrated the Day Independence, the Russian occupiers shelled 58 populated areas of our country, which is much more than on any other average day, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Yevhenii Yenin announced on Thursday morning.
“August 24 is a sacred date for Russia, which they could not but use for their bestial deeds. Unfortunately, as we in the Ministry of Internal Affairs warned, the Russians spoiled yesterday's independence holiday with manic cruelty. First, the number of shelling of populated areas increased. Over the past day, the police recorded shelling of 58 settlements – this is a much higher number of shelling than we usually record,” he said on the air.
Also, the deputy minister added that a wave of fake reports about landmines swept through the country. Thus, telephone terrorists “mined” railway stations in Vinnytsia, Rivne, and Khmelnytskyi. There were also reports of mining of objects in Lviv, Mukachevo and Dnipro. In total, the police received 17 such reports about the “mining” of 118 objects.
At the same time, Yenin added that, despite the holiday, sappers continued demining territories, in particular, in the Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv and Cherkasy regions.
In total, on the Independence Day of Ukraineair alarm signals sounded throughout the country 189 times.
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We will remind that on a holiday for Ukrainians, the occupiers launched a rocket attack on cars at the Chaplyne railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk region. As a result, 25 people died, including two children, and 30 more were injured.
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