Luhansk Region: Russians open fire on Shipilovo in the middle of the night, 11 people under the rubble

OLENA ROSHCHINA - SUNDAY, 8 MAY 2022, 08:03

On the night of 7-8 May, Russian troops opened fire on Shipilovo in Luhansk Region, with 11 people caught under the rubble of a two-storey house, according to a preliminary report.

Source: Serhii Haidai, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration

Quote from Haidai: "The Russians opened fire on Shipilovo at night. A two-storey house there has been destroyed. According to preliminary reports, 11 people were found under the rubble.

Four houses were damaged in Rubizhne, nine in Sievierodonetsk, and two more in Lysychansk. One injured person has been evacuated".

Details: At 16:37 on 7 May, a Russian airstrike in Bilohorivka sparked fires in a school building and a cultural centre. It took almost four hours to extinguish the fire, two bodies were found beneath the rubble, and 60 more people remain under the ruins. Thirty people have been freed from under the rubble, seven of whom were injured.

Also on Saturday afternoon, Russian troops shelled Pryvillia with Grad and Uragan MLRSs [Multiple Launch Rocket Systems]. An 11-year-old and a 14-year-old boy were killed, their 69-year-old grandmother and the 12- and 8-year-old sisters of the victims were seriously injured and hospitalised.

"As it turned out, the grandmother and her grandchildren left the shelter for a few minutes and it was at that time that the enemy struck the town," Haidai said.

Quote from Haidai: "As for the situation on the front: the unit of the invading troops is continuing its offensive in the Popasna and Sievierodonetsk areas.

In the Luhansk and Donetsk regions over the past day, 9 enemy attacks were repelled, and 19 tanks, 20 units of armoured combat vehicles, 4 special armoured vehicles, 6 vehicles and 1 unit of special engineering equipment were destroyed.

Air defence units shot down 1 enemy Mi-28N attack helicopter and 6 Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles."