As a result of the shelling of the Russian occupying forces of Slavyansk on Tuesday, July 5, the death toll rose to two, seven people were injured, Mayor Vadim Lyakh said..

" In total, since the beginning of large-scale hostilities, 17 people have died and 67 people have been injured in the community,"

On July 2, Russian troops shelled Slovyansk with cluster shells. As a result of the shelling, four people were killed, seven more were injured..

The aggressor is trying to reach the administrative border of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in order to demonstrate at least some achievements of the “special operation”, which has been going on for the fifth month.

British intelligence warns that Slavyansk is the next city to be stormed by the Russians. The invaders transferred most of the units of the Eastern and Western Groups of Forces there, which are probably already 16 kilometers from the north of the city.