Horlivka Diocesan Administration Shelled

30.07.2014, 13:24
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On July 28, on the Day of the Baptism of Russia, at about 10 AM the Horlivka city center was shelled again.

On July 28, on the Day of the Baptism of Russia, at about 10 a.m. the Horlivka city center was shelled again.

One shell exploded on the territory of the Horlivka Diocesan Administration. None of the administration staff members were injured — the shelling took place during a service when everybody was at the cathedral. The watchman, who was in a utility room nearby, survived by a miracle.

At the diocesan administration the external staircase and front of the two-story building were damaged, windows in a number of rooms were smashed, and the lawn fencing was crumpled. The gas pipe that runs through the administration territory was damaged as well. The neighboring five-story houses were also damaged by shells and shrapnel, and one of them caught fire. ​