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| Russian Federation attacked nine regions of Ukraine, OVA |
| 2023-05-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [LB] These are Chernihiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Donetsk regions. In the Chernihiv region, the Russians fought twice in the past day. Mortars and the SBU fired in the Koryukiv district. Several houses and a transformer were damaged on the outskirts of the border village of Yeline (Snovska hromada). There were no victims, according to the summary from OVA as of this morning. In Sumy yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out eight shellings of the border communities of Yunakivsk and Bilopolsk. 109 explosions were recorded. In the Bilopol community, the enemy fired mortars - 32 explosions. Shelling from grenade launchers was also recorded - 59 explosions. There was artillery fire (10 explosions) and mortar fire - eight explosions in Yunakivska hromada. Previously - without losses. This morning, one mortar fire (seven explosions) was recorded in the Bilopol community. There was no information about casualties and damage. In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy hit towns and villages close to the front line 84 times: 77 from artillery, three from aviation, three from rocket salvo systems and one from a drone. 19 settlements were under fire, including Gulyaipole, Novoyakovlivka, Primorske, Malynyvka, Poltavka, Kamianske, Stepove. A 48-year-old woman was injured during artillery shelling in Novoyakovlivka. A shell hit her house. Six people, including a 7-year-old girl, were injured during the massive attack on Primorskyi. A 24-year-old man died of his injuries in hospital. A 30-year-old man is in serious condition. Three, including a child, received moderate injuries. At night, they were caught in the center of Orikhov. Fortunately, there were no casualties. So far, 26 destructions of civil infrastructure objects have been recorded. In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday afternoon, the enemy struck again in the Nikopol district. The occupiers shelled the Marganets community twice. As a result of the shelling, two civilians were injured. A man and a woman born in 1985. admitted to hospital. They were provided with all the necessary assistance, the condition of the victims is stable. Also, due to enemy attacks, seven private residential buildings, an outbuilding, a passenger car, and two power lines were damaged. In Luhansk , the enemy fired 97 rounds (396 shells), 33 mortar rounds, even rocket launchers, 34 artillery rounds, 13 tank rounds, six UAV rounds, and five air rounds. Yesterday, the Russians shelled Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, and Bilogorivka with artillery and mortars. Another airstrike was recorded in the Dibrova region. There was no ground activity of the Russians last day. This made it possible to deliver humanitarian aid to the people who remain in the frontline villages - food, medicine, hygiene products and the most necessary things. In the occupied part of the region, the mobile Internet service is being turned off. The reason was "cotton" in Luhansk and its surroundings. In Kharkivska on Slobozhansk direction, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery attacks on the settlements of Oleksandrivka and Staritsa. In the Kupian direction, the occupiers conducted unsuccessful offensives in the Masyutivka and Synkivka districts. Airstrikes were carried out in the areas of Vilshana and Kislivka settlements. Kamianka, Topoli, Krasne Pershe, Figolivka, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Kindrashivka and Tabaivka were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks. Yesterday afternoon, the enemy shelled the village with artillery. An old woman of the Chuguyiv district. Two civilians died - a 59-year-old woman and a 65-year-old man. As a result of the shelling of the village Two private houses were damaged in the foothills of Kupyan district, there was a fire. In the Donetsk region, the enemy carried out 19 shellings, shelling 13 settlements, including Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Kostiantynivka, Kramatorsk, Kurakhove, Chasiv Yar, Velyka Novosilka, Malotaranivka, Severny, Vremivka, Druzhba, Karlivka, Umanske. 58 residential buildings (12 of them multi-apartment buildings), two buildings of Donbasenergo PJSC, two civilian cars, two gas pipelines, a gas distribution point, and a school were damaged. In Donetsk region in a day: seven wounded. In Mykolaivska at night, the occupiers shelled the population center of Ochakivska hromada with salvo rocket systems. There are no casualties. Yesterday, during the day, the enemy carried out artillery and mortar attacks on the water area of ​​the Ochakiv community. In the Bashtan district, the Sniguriv community was shelled yesterday. The hit was recorded on the outskirts of the settlement. No casualties. In Khersonskaduring the day, the enemy launched 86 attacks (381 shells): artillery – 42, mortar – 22, tank – six, UAV – 15, aviation – one. Of these, the enemy fired four shots (nine shells) at Kherson: one from artillery, three from mortars. In addition, explosives left by the Russian army killed five civilians. The tragedy happened at one of the agricultural enterprises in the village of Myrolyubivka, Novovorontsov community. An unexploded shell exploded. The youngest victim was 27 years old, the oldest was 68. Occupants with artillery attacked a residential building in the village of Respublikanets, Myliv territorial community. As a result of the shelling, a 64-year-old man, who was in his own garden, received non-life-threatening injuries. This morning at 04. 30 in Kherson due to the impact of two enemy UAVs, three floors of the Kherson Academy of Continuing Education building were partially destroyed, followed by a fire. Previously, there were no casualties. 56 people were evacuated from the de-occupied territory of the region. We will remind, according to the General Staff, in a number of settlements of the Kherson region, the facts of the forcible detention of men who previously renounced Ukrainian citizenship in favor of Russian citizenship are noted. After being detained during the first introductory interview, the occupiers demand from such citizens an unlawful monetary reward for delaying mobilization. |
| Posted by:badanov |