Russians shell 49 settlements in Donbas: 5 dead, much destruction

IRYNA BALACHUK - SATURDAY, 28 MAY 2022, 10:59 A.M.

On 27 May, Russian forces shelled 49 settlements in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, killing at least four people and damaging about a hundred civilian facilities.

Source: Joint Forces Task Force on Facebook

Quote from Joint Forces Task Force: "Over the past 24 hours, on 27 May, 49 populated areas in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts have been under fire from Russian forces. The Russian war criminals in Donetsk Oblast have killed four civilians and wounded at least five more. Information on Luhansk Oblast is being confirmed.

Details: Russian forces have destroyed and damaged around 100 civilian facilities, including: 81 residential buildings, a fire station, the Siniat construction plant, the Artem farming enterprise, a service station and the Floresta recreation centre, and 2 filtration pumping stations have been left without power.

It is also reported that in a 24-hour period, units of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service, which are part of the Joint Forces Task Force, have extinguished 5 fires, and explosives experts have found and defused 40 explosive devices.

Rescuers have evacuated 1,367 people from combat areas over the past 24 hours.