Military report of the LPR. Situation on the line of contact on May 20 (updated)


13:41 The artillery of the 100th Brigade of the army of the Donetsk People’s Republic, using a drone received from Veche, destroys and turns away AFU tanks and infantry in the Avdiivka direction. The panic-stricken tankers almost crush their infantry, collide with each other and suffer casualties.

12:56 The Ukrainian Armed Forces recorded shelling in the direction of Peski – Donetsk (Kuybyshevsky district): 3 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.

12:41 Again under fire from nationalists in Yasynuvata. Two civilians were wounded as a result of the shelling, apartment buildings were damaged.

12:39 Kuibyshev district – children’s polyclinic on Slovatskaya str. – glazing damaged. Also arrived at 23 Slovatskaya str.

12:30 Shoigu: Liberation of the LPR is nearing completion. Azovstal has already surrendered 1,908 Nazis, while 1,387 marines had laid down their arms there before.

12:06 A man died as a result of shelling by the AFU in Kuibyshevskyi district of Donetsk, Kremlin Ave.

12:05 As a result of the shelling of the AFU in Horlivka, 4,421 households were de-energized.

11:38 At the time of surrender, the Azov regiment had:

Four 120mm mortars;

Four D-30 howitzers;

Two BM-21 Grad MLRSs;

Two tanks.

All with ammunition.

11:32 The Ukrainian Armed Forces recorded shelling in the direction of Peski – Donetsk (Kuybyshevsky district): four 120 mm mortars were fired.

11:30 A post office was opened in the liberated village of Svobodnoye: Address of the post office: 285770, Svobodnoye village, Lenina str. 56.

11:20 Two people wounded in Yasinovataya. A man and a teenager born in 2005 were wounded as a result of the shelling of AFU in Yasinovataya, in the Central district. They are currently receiving medical treatment.

11:11 Gorlovka residents continue to send evidence of Ukrainian Nazi crimes. The video was taken today during the shelling of Komarova settlement (Kurganka). Dear Horlivka residents, I appeal to you to be careful not to risk your health and life by making videos and photos during the shelling. Such selflessness can only do harm.

11:04 ATF recorded shelling from the direction: Novomikhailovka – Olenivka: 8 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.

10:35 The operational line of the JCCC of the DPR received information about damage as a result of shelling by the AFU of Donetsk in the addresses:

Petrovsky district:
– Malysheva Street, 26/2 – private sector.

Kirovsky district:
– Tokareva Street, 122 – private sector.

10:15 A total of 416 people evacuated from Mariupol overnight

From 08:00 on 19 May till 08:00 on 20 May, 416 people, including 46 children, were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezimennoye, Novoazovsk district.

At present, they are in an evacuation assistance point deployed by the Donetsk People’s Republic’s Emergencies Ministry.

A total of 34,368 people were evacuated in Bezymennoye between 5 March and 08:00 on 20 May.

10:04 Shelling was recorded from the direction: Dzerzhinsk – Horlivka: 8 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.

10:00 Horlivka again under shelling by the AFU! A gas pipeline was damaged in the village of Komarova, located in the Nikitovka district of Gorlovka at 7, 15 Shashurina Street. A team from Horlivka Gas Supply and Gasification Directorate of State Concern Donbassgaz went to the site. People can hear the bursting of shells in the village of Mine 19/20 and also on the outskirts of Ozeryanivka. People are urged to be extremely careful and limit movement in the streets as much as possible.

09:48 Allied LPR and Russian forces continue to close the ring around the AFU grouping in Severodonetsk. More than 2,000 Ukrainian fighters in Severodonetsk are under imminent threat of being encircled.

09:07 Twenty servicemen of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade have voluntarily laid down their arms and surrendered in the DPR.

09:06 Shelling from the direction: Avdeevka – Yasinovataya: 5 shells of 122mm calibre fired.

09:00 There was shelling from the direction of Avdiivka to Yasinovataya: 3 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.

08:27 There was shelling from the direction of Avdiivka to Yasinovataya: 5 rockets from BM-21 Grad were fired.

08:00 There was shelling from the direction of the Ukrainian armed forces:

Novomikhailovka – Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 6 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.

Krasnogorovka – Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 6 shells of 122 mm calibre were fired.

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