Russian artillery shelling in Luhansk Region: 5 people killed

Iryna Balachuk – Thursday, 5 May 2022, 08:32

The bodies of 5 civilians have been found after the Russian shelling of  Luhansk Region on Wednesday, 4 May.

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

Quote from Haidai: "The enemy carried out 24 devastating attacks on the region’s peaceful civilians. So far 5 bodies have been found and identified."

Details: 2 of the civilians killed were men from Novoivanivka who came under the Russian shelling on the evening of 3 May.

A man from Toshkivka and a woman from Voievodivka were killed on the morning of 4 May, while a man from Popasna was killed in the afternoon of the same day.

Haidai noted that these are not final numbers because many houses are on fire in Popasna and the Hirske municipal territorial community [hromada].

In the last few days, at least 8 buildings have been destroyed or damaged in Hirske alone, 3 in Komyshuvakha, and at least 4 apiece in Sievierodonetsk, Lysychansk, and Novodruzhesk.

On 4 May, Russian troops carried out 7 heavy artillery attacks on Sievierodonetsk, 7 on Popasna and Hirske municipal territorial communities [hromadas], and 4 on Lysychansk.

At the same time, defenders in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions repelled 11 aggressor attacks in the past 24 hours, and destroyed 5 tanks, 7 armoured combat vehicles and 5 motor vehicles.

Air defence units shot down 2 enemy Su-30 aircraft and 2 Orlan-10 and ZALA-421 unmanned aerial vehicles.

The invading forces are attempting to launch offensives on the Sievierodonetsk and Popasna fronts, but are unsuccessful.