More than 20 apartment buildings and infrastructure facilities were destroyed in Severodonetsk and Rubizhne (Luhansk region) on Friday night due to shelling, two people were killed, six were injured. The shelling resumed on the morning of Friday, March 18, head of Luhansk regional state administration Serhiy Haidai said.

"More than 20 residential buildings and infrastructure facilities were destroyed by the Russians in Severodonetsk and Rubizhne during the night. Artillery and multiple launch rocket systems of the Russian army were aimed at civilians in Severodonetsk and Rubizhne during the evening and night from March 17 to 18," the press service of the Regional State Administration quotes Serhiy Haidai on Facebook on Friday morning.

He stressed that "in a few weeks, the Russians have turned these two cozy, filled with student youth, cities almost into ruins. These monsters open fire on houses and life support facilities. It gives the impression that they do not need settlements, the goal of the Russians is to ruin Severodonetsk, Rubizhne and our other cities. They do everything so that local residents do not have housing and communications."

According to him, on the evening of Thursday, March 17, the enemy shelled the old districts of Severodonetsk with hail, as a result of which six infrastructure facilities, two houses, and garages were damaged or destroyed.

"Unfortunately, we already have two dead and four wounded. There is no gas and water in some houses near the shelling - we will try to fix it as soon as possible. However, you can't return human lives," Haidai said.

The situation is also difficult in Rubizhne. During the night, ten houses and a store caught fire. "There are two wounded," the head of the regional administration said.

"At 5 am, the Russians again opened fire on Severodonetsk, Kreminna, Pryvolne. The number of victims and destruction is being specified," Haidai said.