RFA fired at the Azot plant in Sievierodonetsk, there was a threat of cisterns catching fire

05.05.2022

Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk region

On the evening of May 5, russian troops fired at the Azot chemical industry enterprise in Sievierodonetsk. Shells hit the gas station and the railway infrastructure of the Azot chemical plant, causing a fire. The State Emergency Service stopped the fire and the fire did not spread to the cisterns with chemicals.

Over the past day, russian troops shelled residential areas of Sievierodonetsk 16 times. 12 buildings, an electrical substation, and a complex of commercial buildings were damaged. There are dead.

Seven more residential buildings were destroyed in Rubizhne, and two in Novodruzhesk. There are destructions in Lysychansk, Horikhove, Hirne, Popasna.

Victims: 2 people died.

Source: Head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, Serhii Haidai.