en War Russia vs Ukraine The mayor of Sloviansk has called on its remaining residents to evacuate

The mayor of Sloviansk has called on its remaining residents to evacuate

5 July 2022, 23:23

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The mayor of Sloviansk has called on its remaining residents to evacuate - en

Vadim Lyakh said 40 houses had been shelled on Monday – while other officials later said two people were killed and seven injured after Russian forces struck a market and a residential area in the city.

"It’s important to evacuate as many people as possible," Lyakh said in an interview with Reuters, noting separately that 144 people had been evacuated on Tuesday, including 20 children, from a city now deemed at risk from Russian bombardment.

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A day earlier, six people were killed and 20 injured in missile attacks aimed at the city, one of the main population centres in the Donbas region that remains outside Russian military control.