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Enemy bombarded nine regions, including Zaporizhia, with cluster munitions
2023-05-12
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[LB] Chernihiv, Sumy, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, and Donetsk regions were also under fire.

by Iryna Lysohor


During the day, the enemy bombarded nine regions, including Zaporizhia, with cluster munitions

In the Chernihiv region, the Russians fired three times during the day - from mortars, rockets and a helicopter. Novgorod-Siversky district was under fire. It passed without victims and destruction, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.

In Sumyyesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 11 shelling of the border. 65 explosions were recorded. Settlements of Velikopysarovska, Bilopolska, Yunakivska, Khotynska, Esmanska, and Novoslobida territorial communities came under fire. There is destruction. In the Bilopol community, as a result of one of the barrages from the barrel artillery on the village. In Pavlovka, one household, a farm garage, and a power line were damaged. A local resident, born in 1967, died at home from a fragment of an artillery shell.

Yunakiv community: there was mortar shelling (three explosions) and artillery shelling (three explosions). One household was damaged. At night and in the morning, the Russians launched nine shellings (40 explosions). In the Znob-Novgorod community, as a result of the strikes, a residential building was destroyed, a shop and an agricultural lyceum were damaged. The Russians also fired mortars - four explosions. In the Yunakiv community, a farm was hit.

In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy again attacked peaceful towns and villages last night - 70 shellings, as a result of which more than three dozen destructions were recorded in 20 settlements. The enemy struck 60 times with artillery, five with salvo missile systems, three air strikes and one missile strike, and one UAV attack. Private houses, cars, property of residents, social institutions and communal networks were mutilated in Gulyaipol, Orihiv, Stepnohirsk and surrounding villages.

The enemy massively attacked Malokaterinivka with anti-aircraft missiles, as a result of which eight people were injured by cluster shells. Three of them are ambulance workers who arrived on call. Local residents were also injured - three men and two women. They are provided with all necessary assistance.

In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday afternoon, the Nikopol district was again under fire. In Nikopol, an industrial enterprise, two houses and the same number of farm buildings were damaged. Broken gas pipe. There were no casualties. A private house and a car were vandalized in the Marganets community.

Nikopol itself was under the attack of enemy artillery in the evening and at night. There were no deaths or injuries. As a result of shelling, three private houses, four farm buildings and a car were damaged in the city. Broken power line. Our defenders worked against the aggressor's air defense system - they shot down one drone over the region at night.

In Luhansk , the enemy conducted an unsuccessful offensive in the Serebryan Forestry area. Stelmakhivka, Bilogorivka and Makiivka were subjected to artillery shelling by the Russians. The enemy launched an airstrike on Bilogorivka. During the day, the Russians shelled the region 94 times (397 shells).

In Kharkivskaearlier this morning in Izyum, a 44-year-old civilian was injured by an anti-personnel mine "Pelyustka". Hospitalized. Yesterday, in the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy shelled the settlements of Veterinarne, Zelene, Gatishche, Zybyne and Budarki with mortars and artillery. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Masyutivka, Pershotravneve and Terny settlements.

Mykolaivka, Krasne Pershe, Figolivka, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Masyutivka, Liman Pershiy and Kislivka were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks. A 67-year-old man died as a result of shelling in Vovchansk. Five private residential buildings and commercial buildings were damaged. In the village A 49-year-old civilian man was injured in Figolivka, Kupian district, and was hospitalized. Private household was damaged.

In Donetsk , the Russians shelled 13 settlements over the past day: Kostyantynivka, Kurakhove, Karlivka, Velyka Novosilka, Toretsk, Chasiv Yar, Avdiivka, Sokil, Shcherbynivka, Novokalynovka, Bilokuzminivka, New York, Bakhmut. 26 residential buildings (nine of them multi-apartment buildings), bank premises, two garages, a civilian car, a farm, "Conti" office premises, a cinema were damaged. In one day, three people were killed and two were injured in Donetsk region.

In Mykolaivska yesterday, during the day, artillery shelling was recorded in the water area of ​​Ochakivska community. There are no casualties.

In Khersonska , 90 shellings (461 shells) were fired during the day, of which the enemy fired 10 shells (43 shells) at Kherson. The occupiers targeted the residential quarters of the settlements of the region, the territory of the plant in Kherson. In a field near the settlement of the village of Dmytrenko, Beryslav district, during field work, a resident of the village of Chervony Yar ran over an explosive object with a tractor. As a result of the explosion, the victim received minor injuries. The tractor suffered significant mechanical damage. The victim was transported to a medical facility in Berezneguvate, Mykolaiv region. In just one day, one person was killed and another was injured due to Russian aggression. 95 people were evacuated from the de-occupied territory of the region.

We will remind you that the enemy continues to focus its main efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Marin directions, where 39 enemy attacks were repulsed. The fiercest battles continue for the cities of Bakhmut and Maryinka.

Posted by:badanov

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