In total, the enemy made 16 massive shelling attacks on Friday, Serhiy Haidai, the head of Luhansk Regional Military Administration shared in Telegram.
"Tonight the dispatcher received a report of a russian shell hitting two neighboring houses in Rubizhne. They were destroyed and engulfed in flames. There are cases of inflammation of the abandoned homes or damage without spreading of fire. This is not always reported, because now this happens dozens of times per a day. Two more houses were on fire in Novodruzhesk - the State Emergency Service of Ukraine squad was able to break into the city area as soon as the shelling subsided," - he wrote.
Five more residential buildings were damaged in Hirske, 10 - in Orikhovo.
Yesterday morning, the russian army fired on a school building in the new districts of Severodonetsk, where an office caught fire. Later another educational institution damage became known. In addition, police cars and a service bus came under fire during the delivery of medicines to the Severodonetsk hospital.
Updated. As a result of enemy shelling of settlements of Luhansk Oblast one person died, three more are wounded. A policeman and a car with volunteers were also shot at. This was announced by the head of the regional military administration Serhiy Haidai.
In Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts in particular enemy forces are now concentrated. The russians are firing incessantly and attempting an offensive, which Ukrainian defenders are repelling.