There is a battle in the Lugansk region near the border with Russia - eyewitnesses
Sverdlovsk, June 20 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – In the Luhansk region in the Sverdlovsk region there are battles near several border villages.
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Human rights activist Elena Stepova reported this on her Facebook page.
“Yesterday the battle went on from 12:00 until about 20:00. This morning began at 5:00 with two airstrikes. Looks like SU. We worked accurately in the area of checkpoints with. Panchenko and Chervonopartizanska and left. There is a battle going on now: the village. Aleksandrovka, mine 13, mine 63, area of the Dolzhanskaya mine - Kapitalnaya, Chervonopartizansk. People are sitting in basements. You can clearly hear shots from heavy guns and RPGs, and machine gun fire. In Chervonopartizansk, the eastern quarters are already practically without glass,” she wrote.
According to her information, the village of Biryukovo (checkpoint “Dolzhansky”) is controlled by the National Guard, as well as the village. Karpovo, Novoborovitsy, Khmelnitsky, Astakhovo. The line goes along the border. The fight extends to the side with. Provalye.
“The miners are not allowed to work. Yesterday the mines worked to support water pumping. It is impossible to stop work - the mines will be flooded in a matter of days. People sit on engines for 4 shifts. Pray for us,” Stepova wrote.
“Near the turn to Sverdlovo, a burst of machine gun fire was heard,” “There was a crater at the entrance to the mine,” “Since 7 a.m. I’ve been hearing shots every minute 2. I live in the dispensary area, which is below the market,” local residents report in the Sverdlovsk city group in social network.
According to their information, hostilities began yesterday around 10 am between the village of Panchenko and the Odesskaya mine. Shooting and artillery cannonade could be heard throughout the day. At about 18:30, cannonade began to be heard in the area of the Dolzhanskaya-Kapitalnaya mine. According to eyewitnesses, an artillery shell hit the courtyard of a private house in the center of Chervonopartizansk. After a lull at night, the shelling resumed, and people cannot determine who is shooting - the militia or the security forces. At the same time, a video appeared on social networks, which recorded the movement of heavy armored vehicles in this area, in particular, the city of Gukovo.
Local authorities are talking about the need to prepare for evacuation.
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