Donbass through the eyes of the special project MIA “Russia Today”
1. 23 May. Village Semenovka under Slavyansk. The militiaman has returned to his home, and that is no longer there. Destroyed by a direct hit of a projectile during a night shelling. A month after the constant shelling from the village there will be nothing left.
2. July 2, Village Lugansk. The number of victims of an airstrike is unknown. Eyewitnesses say about the death of two children. According to the regional council, 12 people died. During the raid, people fled from their homes in horror. A local rescues a dog.
3. 25 May. Makeevka, Donetsk region. Several thousand people came to the rally to the residence of the Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov. They oppose the presidential elections that are held on this day in Ukraine.
4. 11 June. Village Semenovka under Slavyansk. The shelling of the village and of Slavyansk itself is carried out by the Ukrainian security forces mainly at night. Appeared the first data on the use of incendiary bombs. In the afternoon - the calm, the militia rests in a trench on the front line.
5. 1 June. Slavyansk. In early April, about 110 thousands of people lived in the city. By early June, almost half of the residents, mostly young people and children, had left Slavyansk. If possible, children are evacuated first.
6. 2 May. Slavyansk. After a morning raid, the militiamen reinforce one of the roadblocks on the outskirts of the city. In the evening, a new assault on the city will begin, and heavy armored vehicles and helicopters of the armed forces of Ukraine will again be thrown.
7. 5 June. Village Semenovka under Slavyansk. The cellar is the only place where a village resident can wait out the shelling. Semenovka was at the forefront of the defense of Slavyansk, and shells exploded here day after day.
8. 9 June. Slavyansk. Consequences of an artillery strike on Slavyansk: houses are on fire, there is no light in most parts of the city, gas is turned off. The roads are blocked by Kiev security forces. You can get out of the city only by circular paths through the forest.
9. 28 May. Slavyansk. During the shelling of the city by Kiev security forces, a shell hit the school building number XXUMX right during class. Roof struck in the gym. Few students and teachers who were at that moment in school are hiding in the basement.
10. July 2, Village Lugansk. The security forces controlled by Kiev inflicted an air strike on the urban-type settlement of Stanitsa Luganskaya, where the Don Cossacks make up the majority of the population. The shelling destroyed homes, there are casualties among civilians.
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