The number of victims of shelling by the occupiers of Slavyansk has increased to 19 people, said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko.

“Slavyansk was subjected to massive shelling during the day - six people were killed, including one child, 19 were injured. About 40 houses damaged. We are still establishing the full scale of the damage caused,” he said..

During the day, the city was twice subjected to active shelling, such a massive attack by the Russians has not been since the beginning of their full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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During the shelling of the residential areas of Avdiivka and the Avdiivka Coke Plant by the occupiers, one person died. The villages of Ekaterinovka, Tarasovka, Novopoltavka and Kleban-Byk of the Ilyinovskaya community were also under enemy fire..

“In just a day in the Donetsk region, the Russians killed at least 7 civilians, wounded at least 20,” Kirilenko stressed..

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Recall that on July 2, Russian troops shelled Slovyansk with cluster shells.. As a result of the shelling, four people were killed, seven more were injured..

The aggressor is trying to reach the administrative border of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in order to demonstrate at least some achievements of the “special operation”, which has been going on for the fifth month.