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Bomb

Bomb (Air Delivered)

Bomb (Air Delivered) event in Ukraine on Mon 6th May 2024

6th May 2024

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The occupiers hit the city with aerial bombardment and artillery. Police paramedics provided assistance to people in the first minutes after the shelling. Yesterday, May 6, around 2:00 p.m., the enemy struck the outskirts of the city with artillery. Shells hit a private house. People were not injured. Twenty minutes after that, the invaders launched an airstrike with an UMPB D-30SM bomb on the residential sector. As a result of the shelling, four men aged 34, 43, 52 and 53 received shrapnel wounds. Within minutes, police paramedics arrived at the scene of the attack. A 53-year-old man was seriously injured, his condition was extremely serious. Law enforcement officers provided medical aid to the victim and quickly took him to the hospital. "Look at me, everything will be fine with you," the policemen were watching to make sure that the man was conscious along the way. Around 4:00 p.m., the Russian artillery again covered the outskirts of the city. This time there were no casualties. As a result of shelling, 3 apartment buildings and three private houses, an educational institution, a boiler house, and a car were damaged. Based on the materials collected by the police, a pre-trial investigation has been started. The legal qualification of a war crime of the Russian Federation is a violation of the laws and customs of war (Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

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