Eastern Ukraine: Russian troops shell 45 towns and villages, Ukrainian Armed Forces repulse 12 attacks

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022, 22:04

In Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Russian occupation forces opened fire on 45 towns and villages on Tuesday, killing 8 civilians and injuring 4, including an 8-year-old child. Soldiers of the Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation repulsed 12 Russian attacks; fighting continues in 4 locations.

Source: Joint Forces Task Force, Skhid [East] operational and tactical group 

Quote from the Joint Forces Task Force: "The occupiers shelled 45 towns and villages in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, destroyed and damaged 36 houses, 6 industrial and farming facilities, a supermarket, a sports school, a dormitory, and a pharmacy. 8 civilians were killed, 4 were injured (including an 8-year-old child) as a result of the shelling."

Details: On Tuesday, soldiers of the Joint Forces Task Force destroyed 3 Russian tanks, 3 artillery systems (including a multiple rocket launcher system), 6 armoured combat vehicles, and 7 motor vehicles (including a truck carrying ammunition).

Air defence units shot down 9 Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles and one ZALA operational-tactical unmanned aerial vehicle in the skies over Ukrainian Donbas.

Russian troops carried out 2 attacks in the Skhid [East] operational zone. 

Russian forces lost up to 110  personnel, 6 armoured combat vehicles, 1 armoured vehicle, 3 artillery systems, 1 mortar, 1 anti-aircraft missile complex, 4 ATTs, and 2 UAVs.