Despite the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense that on the occasion of the Christmas holidays, from noon on January 6, the regime of the ceasefire is introduced in the war zone, shelling from the Russian side, according to the Ukrainians, did not stop, and many residents of Ukraine were forced to conduct Christmas Eve in bomb shelters, reports the Russian BBC Service.
“Russians beat from artillery 14 times and stormed one of our settlements three times, – wrote in his Telegram channel the head of the Lugansk regional administration Sergey Gaidai. – People in the liberated villages are sitting in the basements all day. So Orthodox killers congratulate us Merry Christmas “.
The Russian side claims that only the fire was firing, and the head of the “DPR” Denis Pushilin the day before emphasized that such a response fire does not fall under the “Christmas Earth”.
The Ukrainian authorities say that the “ceasefire” did not last a minute. Already at about noon Moscow time, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kirill Tymoshenko announced the shelling of Kherson. The blow was inflicted on the fire department. Later, the head of the Kherson region, Yaroslav Yanushevich, confirmed that one rescuer was killed as a result of shelling, four more were injured.
In Kramatorsk, 14 private houses were injured from shelling, but, fortunately, there were no casualties.
On the afternoon of January 6, the city of Kurakhovo in the Donetsk region was also undergoing powerful shelling. The mayor of the city, Roman Padun, reported damage to residential high -rise buildings and a direct hit in the infectious department of the local hospital, as a result of which one of the health workers was injured.