Luhansk Region missile strike: contact lost with 11 people trapped under rubble in Shypilove

Olha Hlushchenko – Monday, 9 May 2022, 07:57

Contact has been lost with 11 civilians hiding in a basement in Shypilove shelled by Russian troops.

Source: Serhii Haidai, Head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote from Haidai: "Contact has been lost with 11 people who were hiding in a basement in Shypilove."

"It has been impossible to completely clear away the rubble in Bilohorivka and Shypilove.

On 8 May, they [Russian troops] targeted the civilian population of Luhansk Region.

A woman was killed in Sievierodonetsk. 2 volunteers from the Zakarpattia Region were killed in Bilohorivka.

There are children among the casualties in Bilohorivka. They were hospitalised in Dnipro, as was another wounded child from Pryvillia."

Details: Haidai also reported that firefighters had undertaken rescue operations as and when possible.

In addition, the Head of the Luhansk Military Administration said that on the evening of 8 May, Russian troops had struck a fuel plant in the Luhansk Region for the third time.

During the day, Russian troops destroyed the remaining capacity of the Popasna water supply.

From now on, the water supply will be cut off in both villages and towns on the Ukrainian-controlled territory of the Luhansk Region, and those occupied by Russia in 2014.

Earlier: On the night of 7-8 May, Russian troops opened fire on Shypilove. According to preliminary information, 11 people were trapped under the rubble of a two-storey house.