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Russian troops permanently shell Ukrainian fire stations: Another damaged in Nikopol

Russian troops permanently shell Ukrainian fire stations: Another damaged in Nikopol Photo: Russian shelling of fire stations on May 9 (t.me/dsns_telegram)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

At night, Russians struck at Lyman in the Donetsk region and shelled a fire and rescue unit. In addition, rescuers in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, also suffered damage as a result of the Russian attack, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

According to the rescuers, two cars, the entrance gate and fence, as well as the interior of the building and windows were damaged in the local fire and rescue unit of Lyman.

In Nikopol, an early morning enemy attack damaged 2 service vehicles, a fire and rescue building, and a box.

"Fortunately, in both cases, there were no casualties among the personnel," the rescuers inform.

Russian troops permanently shell Ukrainian fire stations: Another damaged in Nikopol

Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Russian troops permanently shell Ukrainian fire stations: Another damaged in Nikopol

Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Russian troops permanently shell Ukrainian fire stations: Another damaged in Nikopol

Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Russian troops permanently shell Ukrainian fire stations: Another damaged in Nikopol

Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Russian troops permanently shell Ukrainian fire stations: Another damaged in Nikopol

Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Russian strikes on Ukrainian rescue services

Russian occupiers systematically strike at Ukraine's rescue services during the war.

Russian troops shelled Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday morning, May 8. A fire station, a park, and electric vehicles were attacked in the city.

In addition, in early April, three rescuers were killed in Kharkiv during a repeated Russian strike on the site of the Shahed attack.