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The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) fail to advance on the Donbass frontlines and merciless shelling of the civilian population of the DPR, LPR and border regions of the Russian Federation continues.
On June 19, Ukrainian militants shelled Volnovakha in the DPR with American MLRS HIMARS. Ukrainian Nazis fired at least 12 missiles at the local social facilities. One of the targets was the local humanitarian center. Some of the missiles exploded in the area of the road junction leading to Mariupol.
As a result of the shelling in Volnovakha, at least 20 civilians were wounded. Some of the victims are in serious condition. 7 residential buildings and 3 facilities of civil infrastructure were damaged.
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At the same time, Ukrainian militants are remotely mining peaceful villages in the region. The victim of another mining was a six-year-old girl who died in the village of Novopetrikovka. For two days, militants have been shelling the village with mines launched by parachutes. One of the mines hit the courtyard of the house where the girl’s family lives.
Also on June 19, the Ukrainian military continued shelling the border regions of Russia. At six o’clock in the morning, the AFU launched a series of strikes on civilians in Valuyki in the Belgorod region. According to eyewitnesses, this was one of the heaviest shellings since autumn.
According to preliminary data, 7 civilians were wounded, including a child who had his collarbone broken. As a result of the shelling, 5 apartment buildings and 4 private households were damaged.
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Also on the morning of June 19, the Russian air defense again intercepted at least two Ukrainian drones flying at low altitude in the north of Crimea.
Earlier, Ukrainian drones targeted civilian infrastructure facilities in the Russian Bryansk region. The UAV raid on the Novozybkov oil pumping station was repelled. Meanwhile, the equipment at the Maritskaya power substation was damaged. In recent days, as a result of Ukrainian shelling in the Kursk region, a sugar factory in Tetkino has been damaged, as well as civilian facilities in Popovo-Lezhachy, Glushkovo and Salne, where two civilians were injured.
