Two people were killed and five were injured in the shelling of the village of Kalinovo-Borshchevatoe, acting head of the Lugansk People’s Republic Leonid Pasechnik said. According to him, Ukrainian nationalists attacked a peaceful settlement at 4:50 p.m.
Two residents of the village were killed in the shelling, the LPR’s representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of War Crimes Issues in Ukraine (JCCC) reported. The number of injured rose to five by the end of the day.
Three victims in serious condition were taken to the Republican Clinical Hospital in Lugansk, according to the report. A 30-year-old man, injured by an explosive mine and injured in the abdominal cavity, was operated on. Another victim, a 48-year-old woman, was injured by an explosive mine, an open cranio-cerebral wound.
An “unknown explosive device in the air” detonated in the village, said Sergey Kolyagin, head of the Pervomaisk administration. Specialized services and specialists work on site.
On Saturday morning, Ukrainian militants bombarded Mariupol with long-range missiles. The same strike on the city was recorded on the evening of May 19.
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