{"id":181736,"date":"2022-05-20T12:52:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T09:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/shid-19-05-22-2"},"modified":"2022-05-20T16:49:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T13:49:03","slug":"shid-19-05-22-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/shid-19-05-22-2","title":{"rendered":"Donetsk and Luhansk regions: about 20 civilians killed under Russian bombing and artillery shelling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday, on May 19, about 20 civilians from Donetsk and Luhansk regions were killed by Russian missile bombings and artillery shelling. At least 50 people were injured. Preliminary, the number of victims in Severodonetsk, Avdiivka, Lysychansk, Marinka, other towns and villages may be much higher, the information is being clarified. Rescue and search operations are underway, which are complicated by air strikes, intense missile strikes and artillery shelling of the enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

During yesterday, Russian troops shelled 54 settlements in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moscow war criminals continue to destroy the infrastructure of Donbas. With barbaric airstrikes and shelling, the Ruscists completely destroyed or damaged 105 residential buildings and 15 other civilian objects in one day, including a hospital, a dormitory, a sports complex, a shopping center, a bank building, a sanatorium, a regional education department, and a car company, a warehouse, gas pipeline, cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The high-rise buildings in Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Avdiivka, and Bakhmut were severely damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Donetsk region, State Emergency Service units eliminated 6 fires caused by enemy shelling. In the Luhansk region, firefighting is impossible due to intense shelling of settlements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Units of the SES, which are part of the Joint Forces, continue to provide assistance to the population: water and humanitarian supplies have been delivered to the affected areas of Toretsk, Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Bilytske, Lysychansk, and Pokrovsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the day, rescuers evacuated 1,044 people from the areas of hostilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

According to\u00a0 Serhii Haidai, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration<\/a>, the Russians are conducting an offensive operation in the areas of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk. There are more than 60 destroyed houses in the Luhansk region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last night 12 people died in Severodonetsk, one – in the village of Hirske. Houses are being destroyed and burned down. In some places, like in Nyrkovo, there are five houses in a row. In Zolote – six, in Vrubivka – three, three more – in Rubizhne. It is impossible to count the damage in Toshkivka, where hostilities continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n