1 May difficult in Luhansk Region: 3 people killed in shelling, 1 child wounded

Valentyna Romanenko – Monday, 2 May 2022, 09:07

3 people were killed in Russian shelling of Luhansk Region and 3 more were wounded, including a 12-year-old child.

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

According to Haidai: "3 residents of Luhansk Region were killed and 3 wounded by the Russian army. A young child is among those wounded. The boy, born in 2010, suffered wounds in the Russian shelling of the town of Zolote at 20:00 on 1 May.

Another local resident was wounded. And another resident of Zolote was killed.

2 more people were killed over the course of yesterday [Sunday, 1 May] in Lysychansk and Popasna. A resident of Lysychansk received a shrapnel wound."

Details: Haidai said that the previous day [Sunday, 1 May] was extremely difficult. Heavy shelling made full-scale evacuation impossible.

At least 12 residential buildings were destroyed in Orikhove, and 4 in Hirske. A historic secondary school building in Lysychansk, part of the city’s Belgian heritage, burned to the ground, and several houses in Lysychansk were also damaged. 6 high-rise apartment buildings were damaged in Sievierodonetsk, 5 of which stood close together.

The cities and towns of Luhansk Region were shelled a total of 18 times on Sunday, 1 May. The official count of buildings damaged reached 28.