During the day on August 24, when Ukraine celebrated Independence Day, the Russian invaders fired at 58 settlements of our state, which is much more than on any other ordinary day, said Deputy Interior Minister Yevgeny Enin on Thursday morning.

“August 24 is a sacred date for Russia, which they could not help using for their atrocious deeds. Unfortunately, as we at the Ministry of Internal Affairs warned, the Russians spoiled yesterday's independence holiday with manic cruelty. Firstly, the number of shelling of settlements has increased. Over the past 24 hours, the police recorded shelling of 58 settlements - this is a significantly higher number of shelling than we usually record,” he said on television..

The Deputy Minister also added that a wave of fake reports about mines had also swept across the country.. So, telephone terrorists “mined” railway stations in Vinnitsa, Rivne, Khmelnitsky. There were also reports of mining facilities in Lviv, Mukachevo and Dnipro. In total, the police received 17 such reports of “mining” of 118 sites..

At the same time, Yenin added that, despite the holiday, the sappers continued to clear the territories, in particular in the Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv and Cherkasy regions..

In total, on the Independence Day of Ukraine, air raid signals were distributed throughout the country 189 times..

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Recall that on a festive day for Ukrainians, the invaders launched a missile attack on the cars at the Chaplino railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk region. As a result, 25 people died, including two children, and another 30 were injured..

They also hit the military infrastructure in Mirgorod, Poltava region. Fortunately, there were no casualties or injuries there..