Hundreds of people stuck in basements under shelling in Luhansk region, while many sit without food and water, the press service of the State Emergency Service reported..

“In the basements, small children, women, old people. Rescuers continue to bring water and food for people. In particular, humanitarian aid and more than 30 tons of water were delivered to the Lisichan people yesterday,” the service said on Thursday morning, June 16..

In general, the situation in the Lugansk region has been very difficult since the first days of the war, under the aimed fire of the invaders, the entire region. Over the past 24 hours alone, as a result of shelling, significant damage has occurred in Severodonetsk, Lisichansk, Viktorovka, Novoivanovka, Volcheyarovka, Pochechny and Gorny.

“The enemy continues the tactics of total destruction and once again struck at Lisichansk.

In the city, the fire and rescue units of the State Emergency Service once again went to eliminate fires that occurred as a result of shelling,"

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The day before, the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai said that Ukraine was negotiating the evacuation of people hiding at the Azot plant from Severodonetsk.. According to him, there are about 500 residents of Severodonetsk, 40 of them are children.. At the same time, Azot's shelter is not as strong as in Mariupol's Azovstal..