Russian strike hits evacuation vehicle in Pokrovsk - Police officer wounded, one killed
Photo: Russians hit an evacuation vehicle in Pokrovsk (facebook/compolice.polt)
Russian forces struck an evacuation vehicle in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, with a drone at the moment of rescuing the severely wounded. Due to the attack, a police officer was injured, the press service of the National Police of Ukraine reports.
"The enemy's target was a civilian couple on bicycles. As a result of the explosion, both sustained severe injuries, and the 42-year-old man driving suffered a traumatic leg amputation. The police officers found them right on the road, provided first aid, and rushed them to the hospital along with another wounded person," the National Police noted.
At that moment, Russian forces struck the vehicle with a Molniya drone. The car sustained multiple damages and could not continue driving.
"One of our colleagues was wounded, and in our arms was a person on the brink of life and death. We called for backup and sent the wounded civilians with them, hoping for a miracle. But it didn't happen - Russia claimed another life," said the Head of the White Angel police unit, Gennadiy Yudin.
The wounded police officer is currently undergoing treatment. He sustained a shrapnel wound to his leg; his life is not in danger.
Situation on Pokrovsk axis
The Pokrovsk axis in eastern Ukraine remains one of the hottest spots on the front. In recent days, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has reported intense fighting in this region.
Earlier, we wrote that Ukrainian Special Operations Forces carried out a exemplary operation on the Pokrovsk axis. An enemy assault group was destroyed, and one soldier was taken prisoner.
At the beginning of May, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that the Defense Forces had stabilized the situation on the Pokrovsk axis in the Donetsk region.
According to him, the soldiers of the Defense Forces managed to stabilize the situation in this operational area in Donetsk and, in some places, seize the tactical initiative.
