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In Luhansk region, attacks are going on in nine directions - Zaluzny
2022-06-16
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Vesti] The Russian military is trying to simultaneously attack in nine directions in the Luhansk region . According to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, the attacks are aimed at capturing the north of Donbass.

"The stubborn struggle for the Luhansk region continues. The enemy has concentrated its main strike forces in the north of the region and is trying to attack simultaneously in nine directions," Zaluzhny said .

In particular, the enemy is attacking from south to north in the directions of Popasnaya - Kamyshevakha and further to Lisichansk, Popasnaya - Nikolaevka, Popasnaya - Berestovo , from north to south in the directions of Bogorodichnoye - Slavyansk, Izyum - Slavyansk , below - Popasnaya - Svetlodarsk , from the east to the west - in the direction of Severodonetsk - Lisichansk , as well as in the directions of Severodonetsk - Metelkino, Toshkovka - Kamyshevakha .

"In order to oust our troops, the enemy uses aviation, multiple launch rocket systems, artillery ," the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine emphasized. According to him, Severodonetsk is a key point in the system of the defense operation of the Lugansk region. " The city cannot be viewed in any other way," Zaluzhny added.

The general stressed that we will definitely stand and win.

Shelling in Luhansk region: more than 35 houses damaged in a day

[Vesti] In Severodonetsk, the military of the Russian Federation hit the Azot checkpoint with a shell.

As a result of Russian shelling of settlements in the Luhansk region, more than 35 houses were damaged in a day.

Sergey Gaidai, the head of the regional military administration, reports this on his Telegram channel.

"The invaders fired on structures near the former Donsod plant and several houses nearby. The situation is similar in the Glass Factory area. At least eight houses were damaged on June 14 in this city. 14 houses were destroyed in Gorsky.

In Severodonetsk, the enemy once again hit According to "Azot". In particular, the entrance of the enterprise was damaged. (...) Serious damage in the surrounding villages. What was recorded over the past day - six houses were destroyed in Pochechnoye, four - in Nikolaevka, three - in Viktorovka, "wrote Gaidai.

In addition, the head of the OVA noted that "over the past two days, six residents of Lisichansk, as well as two people from Zolote, have been hospitalized in hospitals in other regions of the country alone."

It should be noted that up to 560 civilians remain in the bomb shelters of the Azot chemical plant in Severodonetsk.

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