{"id":181487,"date":"2022-05-19T14:12:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T11:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/shid-18-05-22"},"modified":"2022-05-19T17:58:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T14:58:24","slug":"shid-18-05-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/shid-18-05-22","title":{"rendered":"Donetsk and Luhansk regions: 17 civilians killed as a result of Russian bombing and artillery shelling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday, on May 18, at least 17 civilians in Donetsk and Luhansk were killed and 10 were injured in Russian missile strikes and artillery shelling. Among the dead – two families with minor children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was reported by the press service of the Joint Forces<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the previous day, Russian troops have been shelling 46 settlements in eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The occupants destroyed and damaged 51 houses, two schools, a construction lyceum, a kindergarten, a community center, a shop, a garment factory, a children’s stadium, two power substations, other buildings and infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Search and rescue operations are underway at the sites of the destruction of houses, information on the dead and injured is being clarified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the previous day, rescuers evacuated 674 people from the areas of hostilities in the Donbas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luhansk region<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Severodonetsk suffered the most damage, as well as the settlements of the Popasna community. In particular, in the latter, the Russians actively used military aviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Severodonetsk has been shelled since the morning. In some places, due to heavy shelling, rescuers were unable to go to the scene for two hours. At least eight houses were damaged, some of them on fire – individual apartments and entire entrances. On May 18, four people were killed and three others were injured in the city. All – in the morning and in the old parts of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In particular, the bodies of two women without signs of life were found after an inspection of the apartment where the enemy shell hit in the morning. A man was killed near one of the houses, a woman and a man came under Russian fire on the same street. The first died on the spot, a man with shrapnel was hospitalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n