Donetsk and Luhansk regions: yesterday Russians killed 4 civilians, destroyed 76 houses

During the day of June 1, 4 residents of Donetsk region were killed and 11 others were wounded in enemy shelling. Currently, there is no information about the victims in Luhansk region, the data is constantly updated.

This was reported by the press service of the Joint Forces.

Russian troops fired on 30 settlements in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Came under fire: Sloviansk, Soledar, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mykolaivka, Toretsk, Sviatohirsk, Tetianivka, Niu-Iork, Sukha Balka, Ocheretyne, Iarova, Karpivka, Raihorodok, Orlivka, Severodonetsk, Borivske, Lysychansk, Pryvillia, Novodruzhesk, Bilohorivka, Zolote, Hirske, Komyshuvakha, Toshkivka, Vrubivka, Ustynivka, Syrotyne.

Rescuers evacuated 2,381 people from the areas of hostilities.

Russian war criminals destroyed and damaged 89 civilian objects, including: 76 high-rise and private buildings, the Central City Hospital (Lysychansk), the Center for Public Safety (Ocheretyne), a methanol warehouse and the administrative building of Severodonetsk Azot, furniture factory “Bellona” (Bakhmut), an enterprise in Toretsk, repair and maintenance building of the Kramatorsk Linear Production Department of Main Gas Pipelines and special repair vehicles, administrative building of the police department (Avdiivka).

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Luhansk region

According to Serhii Haidai, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration,  the Russians damaged the methanol warehouse at Severodonetsk’s Azot and hit a hospital in Lysychansk.

“Our military is holding back the enemy, so they continue to destroy the infrastructure and industry of Severodonetsk. Russians are doing everything possible to later declare the impossibility of recovery. They haven’t invested a penny in the reconstruction of the Luhansk region occupied in 2014 eight years ago, and they are not going to do so now. That’s why they destroy now,” Serhii Haidai wrote.

Yesterday morning, the Russians targeted the Azot enterprise several times. They hit one of the administrative buildings and the warehouse where methanol was stored.

In Lysychansk, the city hospital building was damaged.

“They don’t need schools, hospitals, factories and jobs. Unfortunately, not everyone has understood this yet. Russians are simply destroying and plundering our region. With anger, because they themselves, sitting on a gas pipe, have almost nothing at home that is commonplace for a Ukrainian,” stressed the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration.

Another 52 houses were damaged. That is, more than 50 families, and taking into account high-rise buildings – much more, were left without a roof. The region loses 50-60 houses every day. In the villages and settlements stormed by the Russians, housing is burned out on the streets.

So, on June 1, 16 houses were damaged by the enemy in Horsky, 15 in Lysychansk, nine in Vrubivka, six in Severodonetsk, four in Novodruzhesk, and two in Mykolayivka.

Donetsk region

According to Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, on June 1, Russians killed four civilians in Donetsk region: in Soledar, Niu-Iork, Tetianivka, and Lyman. Another 9 civilians were injured.

Today the authorities clarified the information about 3 victims in the Sviatogorsk Lavra monastery.

One person injured in Luhansk region was also registered in Kostiantynivka.

It is currently impossible to determine the exact number of victims in Mariupol and Volnovakha.

Excluding casualties in these cities, the Russians have killed 461 civilians in Donetsk since the beginning of the invasion and wounded 1,202.

The most intense shelling by the Russians was in the center of the region: in the Avdiivka and Ocheretyne communities.

It was loud all night around Avdiivka, and in the morning the Russians fired several times at the city itself: shells flew to the eastern outskirts, to the old town and to the Coke Chemistry Plant area. The information on the extent of the damage is currently being clarified.

Ocheretyne came under artillery fire at night – the Civil Security Center, several residential buildings, a shop were partially destroyed and the administrative service office was damaged.

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In the Marinka community, the Russians launched an air strike in the Novomykhailivka area – without casualties or destruction.

Another missile strike on Sloviansk – three houses were destroyed, but, fortunately, no casualties.

There is a partial lack of water supply in the Kostiantynivka community – water is delivered to people by vehicles.

The evacuation of civilians from frontline communities continues. Those who still remain on the ground are being provided with humanitarian aid.

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