Russian tros destroyed all schos in Sviatohirsk community

Vodymyr Rybalkin, the head of the Sviatohirsk city military administration, td this to an Ukrinform correspondent.

According to him, the enemy in the community hit cultural centers, kindergartens, and administrative buildings.

“The Russians carried out air strikes on all five schos: four of them were hit directly, and in one case, shells fell on the scho yard, significantly damaging the building. There was a secondary scho in Sviatohirsk that was destroyed by Russians with direct tank fire,” said Rybalkin.

He clarified that in 2022, the city of Sviatohirsk was partially under occupation, there were no hostilities, and Russian military vehicles entered the area and proceeded to strike an empty scho building.

“It was a demonstrative destruction for the sake of destruction. It became clear that the enemy was not fighting sdiers, but our nation. They turned the scho into a toilet, a pigsty, and left inscriptions on the walls about the so-called ‘Russian world’,” Rybalkin said.

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He stated that currently three schos are erating in the community on a remote basis, while two schos have suspended their activities.

As reported, the Sviatohirsk city territorial community includes 13 settlements: one city and 12 villages.

Prior to the full-scale invasion, the Sviatohirsk community was home to more than 9,000 local residents, including internally displaced persons from the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk region occupied in 2014. As of mid-November 2024, about 2,950 pele remained there, including 312 children.

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