On the night of Saturday, April 9, the Russian invaders launched an artillery strike on residential areas of Severodonetsk, Luhansk region. The impact set an apartment building on fire, the number of victims is still unknown. This was announced by the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai.

“The Russians are storming Rubizhne and Popasnaya and at the same time launching artillery strikes on residential areas in other cities. Once again, they shelled the old districts of Severodonetsk - an apartment building caught fire. The number of victims is being specified..

According to the head of the OVA, over the past day, the invaders destroyed 11 objects, of which eight were residential buildings in Severodonetsk, Lisichansk, Kremennaya, Zolotoe.

“Meanwhile, seven enemy attacks were repulsed on the front of the Luhansk region and the Donetsk region - Ukrainian defenders destroyed nine tanks, seven armored units and five vehicles of the enemy, shot down two helicopters and one cruise missile,” Gaidai added..

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Earlier, Aleksey Arestovich, Advisor to the Head of the President's Office, said that the most fierce battles between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Russian troops continue in the south-west of the Luhansk region and in the zone of the Joint Forces Operation. According to him, out of the nine operational directions of the offensive of the Russian troops, 2.5 remained since the beginning of the war..