In Donetsk, people living near the airport are asked to go down to the basements: grenades explode next to houses
Donetsk, May 26 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – In Donetsk, people living near the airport are asked not to leave their houses and hide in basements.
Subscribe to Navigator Kyiv news on Facebook or VKontakte
“For safety reasons, the Civil Defense Headquarters asks the population living in the 5-kilometer zone around the Donetsk airport not to leave the premises, not to approach the windows and, if possible, go down to the basements and stay there until the order of the Civil Defense Headquarters,” the publication reports. "062".
“Grenade explosions 500 meters away! Short automatic bursts. Shooting from the residential sector - area of the street. Artemovskaya. Machine guns, heavy machine guns,” reports the agency’s correspondent, who is directly at the epicenter of what is happening.
According to him, people are very scared. It is possible that snipers are working in the area. The sounds of sirens from ambulances and the State Emergency Service can be heard.
Citizens are being invited to donate blood en masse at the hospital on Rosa Luxemburg Street. There are wounded. According to unconfirmed information, a woman died.
As Navigator reported, today at about 3:00 am, supporters of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” occupied the administrative building of the airport, demanding that the military stationed at the airfield leave the territory. In response, the security forces issued their ultimatum and at about 13:00 they began the active phase of the ATO.
During a shooting near the railway station, one person was killed and two were injured.
In Donetsk , people living near the airport are being asked to go down to their basements as grenades explode near their homes.