During the day, Russian invaders destroyed 12 high-rise buildings in the Luhansk region. Four people died. In Dnipro, doctors are fighting for the life of a child from Gorny. Also, the enemy again fired at " This was announced by the head of the OVA Sergey Gaidai.

“Yesterday, in Privolye near the Seversky Donets River, two dead were found with injuries in the form of mine-explosive injuries, information was also received about lost lives in Zolote and Popasnaya,” the report says..

According to the head of the OVA, doctors in Dnipro are fighting for the life of a 15-year-old child from Gorny, who suffered a kidney injury after shelling by the Russian Federation the day before yesterday. In addition, a resident of Severodonetsk received a shrapnel wound..

In the afternoon, the invaders once again opened fire on Azot, as a result of the shelling, one of the administrative buildings was damaged.

“A total of 15 artillery attacks withstood our regional center during May 18. 12 high-rise buildings were destroyed, apartments and roofs burned down in several of them.. The trade pavilions of the city were also engulfed in flames,” Gaidai added..

According to him, the occupiers launched missile and bomb attacks from Su-35 aircraft on the villages of the Popasnyanskaya community..

" Of those discovered, there are houses in Zolotarovka, Kamyshevakh, Vrubovka, as well as in the city of Gorny, ”the head of the OVA said..

For air support of offensive operations, the aggressor has concentrated about fifteen helicopters in the Lugansk region, is trying to conduct an offensive in the direction of the settlements of Borovenka and Severodonetsk.

“At the front of the Lugansk region and Donbass, twelve enemy attacks were repulsed over the past day, three tanks, three artillery systems, six units of armored vehicles and seven enemy vehicles were destroyed,” Gaidai said..

In addition, air defense units shot down nine unmanned aerial vehicles of the Orlan-10 type and one operational tactical unmanned aerial system of the ZALA type..

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The Russian army, most likely, abandoned the goal of completely cordoning off the Ukrainian detachments deployed from Donetsk to Izyum. At the same time, the invaders focused on the complete capture of the Luhansk region.

This conclusion is made by analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).. The head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, recently said that the Russian military command most likely understands that it will not be able to capture the Donetsk region.. However, it still believes in its ability to reach the administrative border of the Luhansk region.