Donbas: Russians fire on 41 settlements, killing 6 and injuring many

IRYNA BALACHUK - THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022, 09:43

At least 6 people were killed and 12 injured as a result of Russian bombardment of populated areas in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts on May 25.

Source: Joint Forces Task Force on Facebook

Quote from the Joint Forces Task Force: "Over a 24-hour period on 25 May, Russian forces fired on 41 populated areas in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. Six people were killed and 12 injured as a result of enemy bombardment."

Details: The invaders destroyed and damaged 52 multi-storey and private residential buildings and other civilian facilities: a general education school, a cultural centre at a recreational facility, a recreation centre building, a railway line and Ukrainian Railways buildings (in the town of Pokrovsk, from which people are being evacuated), household buildings, garages and vehicles.

Within a 24-hour period, units from the Ukrainian State Emergency Service extinguished 8 fires, while explosives specialists found and defused 33 explosive devices.

Rescuers also evacuated around 760 people from combat areas on 25 May.