GENICHESK, February 28. /TASS/. Civilian infrastructure in the city of Golaya Pristan on the Dnieper left bank in the Kherson region regularly comes under shelling by Ukrainian troops, the local administration told TASS on Tuesday.
"Shelling attacks never stop, many strikes target civilian infrastructure, residential houses," it said, adding that Ukrainian troops use multiple rocket launchers, howitzers and mortars to shell the city.
"Emergencies services are working round-the-clock but there are problems with communication. Many people are suffering from fragmentation wounds. Deaths have been reported as shells hit houses," the administration said.
According to the administration, evacuation campaigns from Golaya Pristan and neighboring villages are organized every Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the territorial defense headquarters of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) said on Tuesday that Ukrainian troops had dropped Lepestok antipersonnel mines in Donetsk’s Kirovsky district.
According to earlier reports, Lepestok mines were found in the city’s Petrovsky district on February 27.
According to the mission of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) to the Joint Control and Coordination Center (JCCC) for issues related to Ukraine’s war crimes, 93 civilians, including eight people, were wounded in the republic from such mines. One of them died of wounds in hospital.
The PFM-1 Lepestok is a pressure-fused anti-personnel mine. Such mines can be dropped via artillery shells. The mine’s body is made of khaki-colored polyethylene, making it difficult to detect. The mine is especially hazardous for civilians as it is nearly unrecognizable due to its small size and unusual shape. The use of antipersonnel mines is prohibited by the Ottawa Convention, which was ratified by Ukraine in 2005.