12 houses destroyed by Ukrainian shelling in the village of Sakhanka overnight, gas and electricity supply wrecked

Donetsk, June 25, the Donetsk News Agency

Twelve houses were destroyed as a result of Ukrainian Army shelling in the village of Sahkanka of the Novoazovsk district in the evening of June 24, head of the village administration Aleksandr Pelipas told the DNA correspondent.

“Twelve houses are partially destroyed, one of them burnt down completely, as the local dwellers failed to put the fire off”, — he said.

According to him, residential houses in Mir, Lenin and 60 Let Oktyabrya streets suffered from the enemy’s shelling.

Pelipas also specified that electricity and water supply had been disrupted in the settlement. “One of the high-voltage supports was toppled; the gas system workers had been summoned – they will arrive in order to weld the tubes”, — the head of the settlement stated.

Earlier it was reported that the village of Sakhanka was shelled at 18.30 on June 24. The locality had been targeted by mortar-gun and artillery shelling from the positions of Ukrainian forces repeatedly. At that the local authorities pointed out that there were no People’s Militia positions in the village.