Russian missile strike on Slovyansk kills three, injures six

On the night of May 31, Russian troops launched a missile strike on the city of Slovyansk in Donetsk Oblast. At least three people were killed and six others were injured, said the regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko.

Rescue work is underway on the site. The exact number of injured and dead will be known after the work is completed.

The crash damaged a school and at least seven high-rise buildings.

Aftermath of the missile strike on Slovyansk in Donetsk Oblast, May 31, 2022
Photo: Pavlo Kyrylenko

The head of the military administration calls for the evacuation of those who still remain in the Donetsk Oblast, and emphasizes that there are no safe places in the region.

The situation in the Donetsk Oblast

The Russians focused their main efforts to attack the Donbas. The American Institute for the Study of War reported that the Russians had redeployed troops from the Zaporizhzhya, Donetsk, and Kharkiv oblasts to seize the entire region. Currently, the occupiers are focusing on capturing the city of Severodonetsk.

On the morning of May 31, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Russians were shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops along the entire line of contact on the Donetsk axis. On the Lyman axis, the occupiers are regrouping and preparing for the offensive. On the Bakhmut axis, the enemy unsuccessfully stormed the areas of Zolote, Komyshuvakha, Nyrkove, Berestove, Pokrovske, and Dolomitne.

On May 30, the occupiers fired on 46 settlements in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, destroying and damaging 39 civilian buildings, including 33 homes, a school, a kindergarten, a concrete batching plant, a thermal power plant, and a store.

Three people were killed and four others were injured in Donetsk Oblast yesterday. In total, 450 civilians have been killed and 1,185 wounded since the start of the full-scale war in the region.