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| Situation in Sloviansk is tense, the city is being shelled with anti-aircraft guns, the mayor said |
| 2022-07-07 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [LB] There are many wounded and dead. by Anna Steshenko ​The situation in Sloviansk is tense, the city is being shelled with anti-aircraft guns, the mayor said Due to constant shelling, the number of people willing to evacuate has increased. 23,000 people remain in the city. The authorities ensure safe and free evacuation. This was announced at the briefing by the mayor of Sloviansk, Vadym Lyakh. "The situation in the city (Slovyansk - ed.) is tense. The city has been bombarded with MLRS for the past two weeks, these are cluster charges. There are many wounded and dead. A total of 17 residents of the community have died since the beginning of hostilities in the city. 67 were injured," he said. According to the mayor, critical infrastructure continues to work, but centralized water supply has been missing for over a month. "We deliver water. Wells are working. There are also problems with electricity. Periodically, about a third of the population remains without electricity. We are restoring it. But the enemy is constantly destroying it." The evacuation of the civilian population also continues. "We are evacuating people... There are still approximately 23,000 residents of the city. The number of people willing to leave has increased. Unfortunately, the latest "arrivals" were the impetus... But there is an opportunity to safely leave in the direction of the Dnipro. We work on evacuation to Lviv, Dnipro or Rivne. All this is done free of charge and with the accommodation of people," added Vadym Lyakh. At the same time, all ATMs are working, so payment obligations are fulfilled. "People can receive all pensions and social benefits." We will remind, yesterday around 15:00 the occupying forces of the Russian army covered the city of Slovyansk with artillery fire . As a result of the shelling, one civilian died on the spot, and seven others were injured. |
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