Head of Luhansk Oblast Military Administration: Russian troops storm Sievierodonetsk and Toshkivka
OLENA ROSHCHINA - TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2022, 08:16
Russian forces continue to storm the areas around Zolote, Komyshuvakha, and Nyrkove in Luhansk Oblast.
Source: Serhii Haidai, Head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration
Quote from Haidai: "Two dead and three injured in Lysychansk, four in total; Russians stormed areas of Sievierodonetsk and Toshkivka, and destroyed a kindergarten in Hirske.
We do not know how many civilian casualties there have been in the past two days in the areas of Sievierodonetsk where the fighters have entered.
Probably many of us have watched with outrage the videos where they are cheered on by locals. These are mostly staged scenes.
Thousands left in the city are afraid of arbitrary revenge or reprisals, as was the case in Bucha. Or like yesterday in Lysychansk, where Russians shot up a car carrying French journalists."
Details: Haidai recalled that foreign journalists wanted to film a story about the evacuation of civilians, but were struck down by "Russian peace." A French reporter was killed on the spot. Three other people, specifically those accompanying him, were injured. The evacuation has been suspended.
In addition, the body of another dead man was found near his house at Proletarskyi Bridge in Lysychansk.
A woman was wounded in Zolote.
Over the past 24 hours, 12 houses were damaged in Sievierodonetsk, 12 houses and a public canteen in Lysychansk, 9 houses and a kindergarten in Hirske, at least six houses in Toshkivka, which the Russians stormed, and a total of six houses in Nyrkove, Viktorivka, and Mykolaivka.
Quote from Haidai: "The Russians’ main efforts are now focused on establishing control over the city of Sievierodonetsk. They are attacking, but without success, in the areas of Zolote, Komyshuvakha, and Nyrkove, and fighting is continuing there.
In the past 24 hours, 8 enemy attacks were repelled on the Luhansk front, and 1 tank, 4 artillery systems, 5 armoured fighting vehicles and 2 vehicles belonging to the enemy were destroyed. Air defence units shot down a Kh-59MK cruise missile."
