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Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast after an artillery attack of Russian hybrid force

byEuromaidan Press Staff

23/05/2016

5 minute read

Avdiyivka ruins, Donbas

Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast after an artillery attack of Russian hybrid force

On the night of 21 and 22 May 2016 the Russian hybrid military force conducted two heavy artillery attacks using 122-mm caliber artillery systems against the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the city infrastructure near Avdiivka City, Donetsk Oblast. Several shells hit the houses of local residents and caused fires. One resident suffered numerous shell fragment wounds. This video by Ukraine's military television shows the extent of the damage. "Right after the firing of our positions [in Avdiivka] the Russian mercenaries turned their weapons and fired at Donetsk. This way the aggressor tried to put the blame on the Ukrainian military forces for the shelling of peaceful population and violation of the Minsk Protocol," Ukraine's ATO press center noted about the attack. According to the Ukrainian army and Avdiivka residents, the shelling continued for almost five hours – from half past 10 p.m. till 3 a.m. and roughly 240 shells bombarded Avdiivka. Quite a lot of people have suffered significant losses.

“The most difficult thing about it for me as a Ukrainian citizen is that we are being plainly fired at for three hours in a row and our side cannot respond with fire, shoot with some artillery weapon to finally make them silent for crying out loud!” - complains Iryna, a resident of Avdiivka.

Russian hybrid army in the Donbas, Ukraine

A tank of the Russian occupation force in the Ukrainian Donbas got stuck in a trench (Image: kommersant.ru)

Devastation of Russian military aggression in the Donbas. Makeyevka, Ukraine. (Image: Ilya Filimonov, Segodnya.ua)

Families with children in a bomb shelter in Donetsk hiding from artillery shelling as result of the Russian military aggression in the Donbas, Ukraine (Image: A. Umanets / Segodnya.ua)

Graves in the Iver Cemetery in Donetsk near the airport destroyed by artillery fire as a result of the Russian military aggression in the Donbas, Ukraine. December 2014 (Image: social media)

Devastation in the Donbas brought by the Russian military aggression in Ukraine. This picture taken on April 23, 2015 shows a bus stop and a church damaged by artillery shelling, in the village of Peski near Donetsk. (Image: Oleksandr Ratushniak / AFP) — Devastation in the Donbas brought by the Russian military aggression in Ukraine. This picture taken on April 23, 2015 shows a bus stop and a church damaged by artillery shelling in the village of Peski near Donetsk. (Image: Oleksandr Ratushniak / AFP)

Russian neo-Nazi mercenary Alexey Milchakov photographed next to the corpse of a tortured Ukrainian soldier after an ambush on his vehicle. Donbas, Ukraine (Image: Milchakov's social network page) — Russian neo-Nazi mercenary Alexey Milchakov photographed next to the corpse of a tortured Ukrainian soldier after an ambush on his vehicle. Donbas, Ukraine (Image: Milchakov’s social network page)

Russia's military aggression in the Donbas devastated and empoverished Ukrainian territories under the Russian occupation (Image: Novosti Segodnia) — Russia’s military aggression in the Donbas devastated and empoverished Ukrainian territories under the Russian occupation (Image: Novosti Segodnia)

A funeral for unidentified soldiers killed in action liberating the Donbas region of Ukraine from the hybrid army of the Russian Federation. The funeral was held in the town of Kushugum, Zaphorizhze oblast, on October 1, 2014. — A funeral for unidentified soldiers killed in action while liberating the Donbas region of Ukraine from the hybrid army of the Russian Federation. The funeral was held in the town of Kushugum, Zaphorizhze oblast, on October 1, 2014.

A Russian mercenary in the Donbas with heavily bleeding leg wounds being evacuated in the rear (Image: censor.net.ua)

Alexander Yenenko being interviewed by journalists of the Russian newspaper Gazeta.ru. Alexander is a Russian professional soldier who is criminally charged for desertion for refusing to enlist into "volunteer" Russian military force in the Donbas (Image: Gazeta.ru) — Alexander Yenenko being interviewed by journalists of the Russian newspaper Gazeta.ru. Alexander is a Russian professional soldier who is criminally charged for desertion for refusing to enlist into “volunteer” Russian military force in the Donbas (Image: Gazeta.ru)

The Russian Federation have been using ethnically non-Russian troops for its aggression in Ukraine. Russian Federation servicemen from Chechnia arriving to fight in the Donbas in 2014 (Image: AFP)

"Military exercises" for daycare children in the city of Gorlivka in the Russia-occupied Donbas (Image: Gordon.ua) — “Military exercises” for daycare children in the city of Gorlivka in the Russia-occupied Donbas (Image: Gordon.ua)

"Military exercises" for daycare children in the city of Gorlivka in the Russia-occupied Donbas (Image: tsn.ua) — “Military exercises” for daycare children in the city of Gorlivka in the Russia-occupied Donbas (Image: tsn.ua)

Devastation caused by Russian aggression in Donbas, Ukraine (village of Peski) (Image: http://maxrokotansky.livejournal.com)

Russian occupation soldier at the devastated Donetsk airport in Donbas, Ukraine (Image: LB.ua)

Russian mercenary at the devasted Donetsk airport in Donbas, Ukraine (Image: LB.ua) — Devastation at the Donetsk airport caused by the Russian military aggression in Donbas, Ukraine (Image: LB.ua)

Devastation at Donetsk airport after the military aggression in the Donbas, Ukraine (Image: LB.ua)

Devastation caused by the Russian aggression in Donbas, Ukraine (Image: Tim Judah | NYRblog)

One of the groups of Russian special forces and mercenaries that started the Russian invasion in Donbas, Ukraine

Russian pseudo-Cossack mercenaries in Donbas, Ukraine posing with their weapons during the Russian military invasion of Ukraine in 2014 (Image: nr2.com.ua)

Russian mercenaries in Donbas, Ukraine (Image: uainfo.org)

An armored personnel carrier with Russian "hybrid" military in Donbas, Ukraine (Image: inforesist.org) — An armored personnel carrier with Russian “hybrid” military in Donbas, Ukraine (Image: inforesist.org)

Russian mercenaries from Chechnya in Donbas, Ukraine (Image: inforesist.org) — Russian mercenaries from Chechnya region in Donbas, Ukraine (Image: inforesist.org)

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Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast after an artillery attack of Russian hybrid force

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