Report from the regions: Russians is destroying Donbas, Azovstal holds on beyond human limits
VALENTYNA ROMANENKO - SUNDAY, 15 MAY 2022, 10:41
Russian forces are methodically razing the infrastructure of Luhansk and Donets Oblasts, while looting and abductions continue in Kherson Oblast.
Source: data from the Oblast Military Administrations as of 8:00 a.m. on 15 May
Details: The night was relatively quiet in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Odesa, Vinnytsia, Ternopil, and Khmelnytsky Oblasts, and in the Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Kyiv and Poltava regions.
Lviv region: On Sunday morning, a missile strike was carried out against one of the military infrastructure facilities. Details are being confirmed. Information on the consequences, the nature of destruction and casualties is being confirmed.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region it was a night of alerts. The invaders fired twice using Uragan MLRS rockets at the Shirokivska Amalgamated Territorial Community (hromada). No one was injured. Other consequences of Russian shelling are being ascertained.
Zaporizhzhia region: it was quiet at night in the regional centre. Fighting continues along the front line. The situation is stable.
Kharkiv: No shelling of the city has been recorded. During the day, the region was shelled in Chuhuiv's Pervomaisky district, and some people were injured. At night, around 8 p.m., invaders shelled a warehouse in the Kharkiv district, with a major fire being extinguished by rescuers. There were no casualties. Fighting also continues on the Izium front.
The night in the Sumy region was uneasy.
Around 10 p.m., missiles struck in the vicinity of the village of Shpylivka, Sumy district. Russian forces inflicted considerable destruction on local dwellings. At night, a missile strike from an aircraft by the invaders caused significant damage to infrastructure in the Shostka district. In both cases there were no casualties. Details are being confirmed.
Luhansk region: 11 artillery attacks on Sievierodonetsk, there were hits on the Azot chemical factory, a technical college and multi-storey buildings, causing casualties.
The Amalgamated Territorial Communities (hromada) of Popasne and Hirske are being levelled to the ground. In Komyshuvaska, the village council buildings and the House of Culture were hit. Three residents of Vrubivka were injured. A woman was injured in Novodruzhesk.
Donetsk region: The tension is not diminishing. On Saturday afternoon, the Russians used phosphorus charges in the Ochereta hromada in the village of Novokalynove, and several houses have been burnt down.
The Toretska hromada came under fire: a gas pipeline was broken and several villages were left without gas. In the evening, shelling damaged the Toretska sub-station and left several villages without electricity. A number of people were killed and injured.
Mariupol: Azovstal is hanging on by a thread.
In the Kherson region, the situation is persistently critical. The Russian forces are destroying infrastructure, and looting and abductions are still taking place.
