As a result of night shelling in Novodruzhesk, Lugansk region, a gas pipeline was damaged, head of the regional military administration Serhiy Gaidai said in a telegram channel.

“The town located close to Lisichansk suffered – Novodruzhesk. After midnight, the Russians opened fire on residential buildings. Two were engaged in the central part of the city;. Gas pipeline cut in city. In the morning, the emergency service will check how quickly it can be repaired,” the message says..

According to the head of the OVA, the occupiers also fired on the city of Gorny several times during the night..

“Yesterday, pyrotechnic crews of the State Emergency Service in Lisichansk checked 10 houses that had previously been under shelling.. In seven of them, the remains of explosive objects were not found.. Timely discovered unexploded rockets in three houses. Now it’s safe there, if I may say so,” Gaidai added..

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Earlier, the General Staff reported operational information as of the morning of April 20. Russian troops concentrated their main efforts on the capture of Mariupol. In particular, the enemy continues to try to take the Azovstal plant by storm.. In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy will regroup again and replenish supplies. Kharkiv is partially blocked, the city is being shelled, the Russian Federation is trying to advance in the eastern direction, but suffers considerable losses.