The Russians are also storming Rubizhne and Popasna.
On the night of Saturday, April 9, Russian the invaders launched an artillery strike on the residential areas of Severodonetsk Luhansk region . An apartment building caught fire as a result of the impact, the number of victims is still unknown. This was announced by the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhiy Haidai.
“The Russians are storming Rubizhne and Popasna and at the same time inflicting artillery strikes on residential neighborhoods in other cities. Once again, they fired on the old districts of Severodonetsk – an apartment building caught fire. The number of victims is being clarified. >
“Meanwhile, seven enemy attacks were repulsed on the fronts of Luhansk and Donetsk regions – Ukrainian defenders destroyed nine tanks, seven units of armored and five units of enemy vehicles, shot down two helicopters and one cruise missile,” Gaidai added.
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Earlier, Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to the head of the presidential office, said that The battles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the troops of the Russian Federation continue in the south-west of Luhansk region and in the area of the Joint Forces Operation.
According to him, 2.5 of the nine operational areas of the Russian offensive have remained since the beginning of the war.
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