Russia continues the forced passporting of Ukrainian citizens in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk region. Now it’s the teachers’ turn.
This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“Employees of budgetary organizations have been personally signed by the order of the so-called Russian occupation administration of Horlivka regarding the need to acquire citizenship of the Russian Federation,” the message reads.
Educators who do not receive their passports by July 1 will be dismissed from their positions.
In Kherson region, Russian troops opened fire almost 60 times in the past day, as a result of which two people died and two more were wounded.
As reported by the Kherson regional military administration, on February 20, the Russian army attacked peaceful settlements in the Kherson region, using rocket-propelled grenade launchers, mortars, artillery, tanks, and UAVs. A rocket attack was also carried out in the region.
“The Russian army attacked Kherson 6 times. Due to shelling, residential buildings in the city were damaged,” the message reads.
Antonivka, Zelenivka, Ostriv and Tavriysky microdistricts also came under fire.
In the Donetsk region, three civilians were killed by Russian shelling over the past day. As Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, reported, two people died in Bakhmut, one person died in Ivanopil, five others were wounded.
Earlier today, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Russian army launched six missile and 28 air strikes on the civilian infrastructure of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions in the past day. There were also 86 Russian attacks from multiple rocket launchers.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Moscow has denied a targeted attack on civilians, despite the existence of testimonies and evidence of this.
On Monday, February 20, the Russian occupiers shelled a number of settlements in the Donetsk region with artillery, anti-aircraft missiles and rocket launchers, killing one person. This was announced by the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko.
“One person was killed and two were wounded in the village of Ivanopillia of the Kostyantynivska community as a result of shelling of the village by the Russian occupation army,” the official said.
In addition to Ivanopil, Avdiivka, Toretsk and the village of Novy Komar were also under fire – they were under fire from artillery and anti-aircraft guns. And the Rashists also hit Avdiivka with a rocket.
As a result of these shellings, residential buildings were damaged or destroyed, as well as a school, “Point of Invincibility”, shops, cafes and industrial premises.
The raiders damaged three residential buildings and a shopping center in Druzhkivka.
Residents of Mariupol, captured by the Russian occupation forces, are forced to receive food at distribution points. People stand in line for hours to get a plate of porridge.
This was reported by Petro Andryushchenko, adviser to the official chairman of Mariupol.
Survival in Mariupol
Residents of Mariupol, who remained in the city destroyed and captured by the Russians, survive with the help of the distribution of humanitarian aid from the occupiers.
In particular, people come to food distribution points to get a plate of porridge and thus not die of hunger.
Hours in line
Petro Andryushchenko published a photo of such a queue taken on February 20 in the left-bank part of Mariupol.
In such queues, the mayor’s adviser noted, people stand for hours.
In January, Andryushchenko reported that in Mariupol and surrounding villages, civilian and military Russian occupiers were selling their food and dry rations to local residents. With the money earned in this way, Russians buy moonshine.
During February 20, Russian troops fired shells at the cities of Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Kurakhove, Toretsk, Chasiv Yar, the villages of Velyka Novosilka, Gostre, the villages of Arkhangelske, Berdychi, Vesele, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Elizavetivka, Zoryan, Ivanopillia, Karlivka, Katerynivka, Kleban Bik, Krasnohorivka, Lastochkine, Maksimilianivka, Novy Komar, Novobakhmutivka, Novopokrovske. This was reported by the regional police press service, Chroniclers reports.
The occupiers opened fire with S-300 air defense systems, Grad, Smerch, and artillery. 35 civilian objects were destroyed and damaged – 24 residential buildings, an enterprise, a factory, a school, a kindergarten, a shop, a cafe, farm buildings, a power line, cars.
The Rashists used all types of weapons to destroy Avdiivka. Russian troops pounded the city with S-300 missiles, Grads, Tornadoes, and artillery. One apartment building and infrastructure facilities were destroyed. A police officer was injured.
The occupiers covered Ivanopil with jet artillery, hitting 5 private houses and a shop, killing one and injuring two local residents.
As a result of enemy attacks, two people died in Bakhmut. There are wounded in Maksimilianivka, Chasovoy Yar and Dubovo-Vasylivka.
In just one day, the Russians killed three residents of Donetsk region and wounded another five. Open criminal proceedings under Art. 438 (violation of the laws and customs of war) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Another 176 people were evacuated with the help of the police, more than 43,180 people were evacuated since the mandatory evacuation began, including 6,000 children and 2,199 people with disabilities.