by Vera Perun
[LB] Over the past day, the Russian occupiers shelled a number of Ukrainian settlements. There are dead and wounded, among the victims are children.
In Sumy Oblast, on January 20, during the day, the Rashists shelled two border communities and hit them 27 times. The enemy fired mortars at Bilopolska and Esmanska communities. There were no casualties or damage. There were no shelling during the night and morning.
In Zaporizhzhia region, during the past 24 hours, the occupiers shelled the civilian infrastructure in the area of ​​settlements of Olhivske, Gulyaipole, Poltavka, Biloghirya, Novoandriyivka, Zatyshshya, Stepove, Plavni, Kamianske, Orihiv, Zaliznychne, Preobrazhenka, Novopokrovka, Novodanilivka, Charivne, Mala Tokmachka , Malynivka, Shcherbaki, Shevchenko, Stepove, Mali Shcherbaki. 18 reports were received about the destruction of houses (apartments) of citizens and infrastructure facilities.
In the temporarily occupied territories of the Zaporizhia region, in particular, in Melitopol, the Russians announced a ban on crossing the checkpoints around the settlement from March 1 without special passes.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the occupiers again shelled Nikopol region. They hit Myrivska hromada with heavy artillery. There are no casualties, but there is destruction.
The Kharkiv region suffered losses: last day, the enemy shelled Vovchansk, Kupyansk, Strilecha, Vilcha, Ohirtseve and other settlements with barrel and rocket artillery, tanks and mortars. Vovchansk was the most affected by shelling, where in the morning there were "flights" on a private house. A 60-year-old woman died as a result of the shelling. A 45-year-old resident and a 7-year-old girl were injured.
On January 20, as a result of shelling, one person was wounded in Vovchansk, another in the Kupyan district.
In the Luhansk region , units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of Novoselivskyi, Ploshanka and Chervonopivka over the past day. In the Kupyansk direction, the districts of Novoselivskyi and Stelmakhivka were shelled by Russian tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery. And on Lymanskyi, the invaders fired at Novoyehorivka, Makiivka, Nevske, Ploshanka, Golykovo, Chervonpopivka, Kreminna and Dibrova with all available firepower.
On the night of January 21, Donetsk was hit by rocket fire. A fire broke out in the Kostyantynivska community (the village of Bilokuzminivka). The kindergarten building was damaged by shelling. Other data on damage and destruction are established.
The night before, the Rashists hit Toretsk and New York with Grad anti-aircraft missiles, damaged apartment buildings. Also, in the evening and at night, the occupiers carried out several shellings of Kurakhovoy and its surroundings. Merry Grove. Six multi-apartment residential buildings, heating networks, a private garden house, medium-pressure gas pipeline networks were damaged. There was also a direct hit to the trade pavilion, private cars. There are direct hits on private residential buildings, which caused fires in the residential sector, in addition, high-voltage lines were damaged.
According to the information of the Avdiiv military administration, at night the Rashists fired from the "GRAD" anti-aircraft missile system. Shells hit the "ATTU" police station and the depot. As of the morning of January 21, artillery shelling of Avdiivka was recorded. There are hits on Avdiivskyi PTU #43 and st. Postman Information on damage, destruction and victims is established.
On the defense line around the city, shelling continued almost all night, and in the morning assaults intensified in the directions of Krasnohorivka, Vesely, Vodyany, and Pervomaisky. The situation near Bakhmut and Soledar is always tense.
Over the course of a day, rioters killed three people and wounded four in Donetsk region.
On the morning of January 20, the Russians launched artillery strikes in the water area of ​​the Ochakiv community in the Mykolaiv Oblast. There are no casualties.
In the Kherson Region , the enemy does not stop shelling the settlements along the right bank of the Dnipro River. The occupiers once again shelled Antonivka and Kherson. During the artillery attack on Antonivka, a 15-year-old boy was injured. A man was blown up by a mine in Novodmytrivka, Beryslav district, and his leg was torn off.
In addition, the Russians attacked the Dnipro district of Kherson. A private house caught fire after being hit by an enemy shell. The fire was extinguished. There were no casualties.
Law enforcement officers found unexploded Russian cluster munitions at the Posad-Pokrovsky school in Kherson region. They were destroyed by a controlled explosion.
During the day, two people were injured due to shelling by Russian troops. Two more were blown up by mines.