💥 Attack

Russian Federation forces fired on Popasna and Severodonetsk over the previous 24 hours.

April 4, 2022 Popasna, Luhansk

Verified Independently confirmed by 6 sources

Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Russian Federation forces (military_unit) Popasna (location) Severodonetsk (location) Luhansk Oblast (location) mortar (weapon_system) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) Russian shell (weapon_system) Church of St. Luke of Crimea (location) Sievierodonetsk diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (organization) Serhiy Haidai (person) Luhansk Regional Military Administration (organization) Russian occupying troops (military_unit) Russian troops (military_unit) Novotoshkivske (location) Nyzhnyi (location) Rubizhne (location) Ukrainian troops (military_unit) Russian tanks (weapon_system) Russian armoured vehicles (weapon_system) Russian artillery systems (weapon_system) Russian army (military_unit) Sievierodonetsk (location) Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk (person) Ukrainian forces (organization) Russian command and observation post (location) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Irina Vereshchuk (person) State Emergency Service of Ukraine (organization)

Source Reports

What each source reports. "Source tone" reflects the language used by the outlet — it is not an independent verification.

Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Russian Federation forces fired on Popasna and Severodonetsk over the previous 24 hours.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Almost all towns in Luhansk region under constant mortar fire

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Fires breaking out everywhere

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Evacuation continued from Popasna on April 4

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Two aid workers killed and 13 civilian buildings including a hospital destroyed Lysychansk and Novodruzhesk. Rockets fired on Avdiivka wounding civilians.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Occupiers shelled a church in Luhansk region, wounding priests.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Russian forces were shelling humanitarian columns in the Luhansk region.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.322Z

Source story: day-40-2022-04-04