During the night in Severodonetsk and Rubizhne, Luhansk region, the Russians destroyed more than 20 residential buildings and infrastructure, said the head of the Luhansk regional military administration, Sergei Gaidai.

" In a few weeks, the Russians have turned these two cozy, student-filled cities almost into ruins,” he wrote on Friday morning..

He stressed that the Russians, first of all, open fire on houses and life support facilities, and do everything so that local residents do not have housing and communications.

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At least two people were killed and four injured in the attack..

“The difficult situation is also in Rubizhne, which is reflected from the enemy with the last of its strength. During the night there was a fire of ten houses and a store. There are two injured. At 5 am, the Russians again opened fire on Severodonetsk, Kremennaya, Privil. The number of victims and destruction is being specified,” Gaidai wrote..

Earlier, the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that in the Lugansk region, units of the air assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine defeated the positions of the Russian invaders and launched a counteroffensive..