The head of the Popasnyansk city military-civilian administration, Nikolai Khanatov, said that Russian troops shot down two buses in Popasna, which arrived there to evacuate local residents, said the head of the Lugansk regional administration, Sergei Gaidai, on Telegram.

" There were many more people who wanted to, so two more buses were sent to the city. It is known that they reached the settlement and came under fire from the enemy DRG. Buses are shot.

There is no connection with the people who were in the vehicle and organized the evacuation,"

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Lugansk region was subjected to 16 massive artillery attacks over the past day. Two schools and 20 houses were destroyed in Rubizhne and Popasna. Five residential buildings were also damaged in Gorsky, 10 more in Orekhovy.

Earlier it was reported that the Russian invaders again attacked the city of Severodonetsk in the Luhansk region. After the shell hit, the school building was occupied, but the rescuers managed to do it in time and put out the fire..