REPORTAGE – Despite the numerical superiority of the Russian forces, the Ukrainians are trying to keep control of Kostiantynivka, Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, near which imposing defense lines have been arranged.
Sloviansk struggles to sleep. Monday, August 18, at a time when Donald Trump receives Volodymyr Zelensky in the oval office, two ISKANDER-M missiles tear the sky, shaking the walls of the dwellings where nearly 50,000 inhabitants live. Two explosions, then silence. In the total darkness, the coupé public lighting, police officers and fire trucks crisscross the city, seeking the exact point of impact of this attack at five million euros – 2.5 million per projectile. “Is there someone?” Injured? ! “, Shout the police in the middle of the industrial zone, scrutinizing the slightest sign of life in the torch. “We have already taken two injured in the hospital, a woman at the gas station and a man who was passing by. The missiles fell on the workshop of an empty ceramic factory and in the neighboring field ”believes Ivan, a rescuer. On the spot, there is no military presence. “Be careful, Shahed drones …
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