The outskirts of Novoazovsk are being shelled, but the Ukrainian military is still in the city, - media
Novoazovsk, August 27 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – In Novoazovsk, the night and morning passed calmly, but now the outskirts are being shelled.
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“The night and morning in Novoazovsk and Sedovo passed calmly. There were no shots fired or shelling of the city. True, at night all the residents of Novoazovsk and its outskirts helped the Ministry of Emergency Situations to extinguish the fire in the area of the source and extinguish the fire in the landing,” reports the publication “0629”.
“They covered it with sand, for which they brought in two tractors that worked together with fire trucks,” said Oleg Sidorenko, Chairman of the Novoazovsky District State Administration.
Today, residents are relatively quiet around the city. The shops are open, but at the same time, the owners of the retail outlets report that in the event of shelling, they will be forced to close. In the morning, the bakery began operating, although not at full capacity.
“Currently the city is patrolled by the Ukrainian military. The situation in the city is calm,” the publication writes.
There are no plans to evacuate children from the Scarlet Sails Children's Center in the village of Shirokino (Novoazovsky District). There are 60 children left here today. “On Sunday, when the panic was especially strong, parents independently took up to 100 children,” noted the director of the NGO “Zdravnitsa +” Mikhail Kogut and added that if the situation worsens, the children will be immediately evacuated by the forces of the plant named after. Ilyich.
According to media reports, Novoazovsk came under heavy artillery fire yesterday afternoon. One of the shells exploded in the area of the infectious diseases department of the Central District Hospital No. 1 of Novoazovsk. Four people were injured, one of the employees had her leg broken, and as a result had to undergo amputation.
As Navigator reported, today the ATO headquarters announced that a column of armored vehicles - tanks, armored personnel carriers, Grads - is moving to the Azov region.