The Russians shelled Kharkiv again, trying to carry out counterattack
OLENA ROSHCHINA – Friday, May 20 2022, 09:30
Russian troops are trying to hold the occupied territories in the Kharkiv front and carry out counterattacks, Kharkiv itself was shelled again last night.
Source: Oleg Synegubov, head of Kharkiv Oblast State Administration about the situation as of the morning of May 20, Regional Department of the State Emergency Service
Details: Over the past day, the Russian occupiers fired on the Kyiv, Saltivsk and Oleksiivsk districts of the hero-city Kharkiv with"Smerch MLRSs", "Uragan MLRSs" and "Grag MLRSs".
At night in the Oblast in Derhachi, a missile fired by the occupiers hit a private house.
In the village of Mala Danylivka, Kharkiv district, Kharkiv oblast, a garage and a car caught fire as a result of the aggressor’s missile. At about 5 o'clock in the morning, 7 garages of the zooveterinary academy were on fire.
Photo by the State Emergency Service
The State Emergency Service reports that garage boxes in the village of Mala Danylivka caught fire at 4:44 a.m.; the flames engulfed 6 garages, in which 4 cars burned. Rescuers put out the fire at 7:31 p.m. According to previous data, there are no casualties.
In the morning, as a result of the shelling, 3 people were injured in the urban village of Shevchenkove.
According to Sinegubov, on the Kharkiv front, the aggressors focused their main efforts on maintaining the occupied frontiers. They tried to carry out counterattacks, but to no avail. They’re conducting air reconnaissance using UAVs.
Fighting continued in the area of the settlements of Ternova and Vesele, and the aggressor's shelling was reported near the village of Ruski Tyshky.