Vitaly Barabash, the head of the Avdiiv city military administration, noted that Russian troops are shelling the city with barrel artillery, Grad anti-aircraft systems of various charges, tornadoes, hurricanes, mortars, tanks, and aircraft: “The situation in the Avdiiv direction has not fundamentally changed , still tense and difficult, but controlled. Mostly due to weather conditions, the enemy does not carry out so many assaults, because it is difficult to use heavy equipment, which is heavy in the soil of Donbas. It is also difficult for infantry to carry out assault tasks. Over the past day, the enemy shelled Avdiivka 26 times, fired more than 250 shots at positions around the city. The enemy also carried out 4 airstrikes on the city and 6 on positions around it. “Unfortunately, a local woman born in 1976 died as a result of tank shelling yesterday morning, June 1.”
Vitaly Barabash added that the Russian troops are using everything they have at their disposal: barrel artillery, “Grad” anti-aircraft missile systems of various charges, “tornadoes”, “hurricanes”, mortars, tanks.
Shelling of Toretsk: dead and fire in nine-story buildings
In Toretsk, Donetsk region, fires broke out in two nine-story buildings as a result of night shelling by Russian forces, and rescuers discovered the body of one dead person.
The State Emergency Service confirmed this information on its official Facebook account.
An outbreak was recorded in apartments in two entrances of one of the buildings on the third to ninth floors, as well as in apartments on the second to ninth floors of the neighboring building.
Firefighters fought the fire on an area of 2,270 square meters.
During rescue operations, 22 people were evacuated, including a child with physical disabilities, as well as seven people from one of the entrances.
Unfortunately, the body of a dead person was found in one of the apartments.