Ukrainian shelling kills eight, injures 23 in Russia-controlled eastern Ukraine


FE ONLINE DESK | Published: December 16, 2022 14:09:04 | Updated: December 17, 2022 16:19:32


FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises after a military strike on a compound of Sievierodonetsk's Azot Chemical Plant, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine June 18, 2022. REUTERS

At least eight people were killed and 23 injured by Ukrainian shelling in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region of Ukraine, Russia's state TASS news agency reported on Friday, citing an unidentified source in the emergency services, Reuters reports.

The shelling destroyed a building in the village of Lantrativka and some people were trapped under rubble, TASS said.

Russian-backed officials from Luhank's representation to the Joint Centre of Control and Coordination - a ceasefire monitoring body set-up to help manage the conflict between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces after 2014 - said Ukraine fired three US-made HIMARS rockets at Lantrativka at 04:10 local time on Friday morning.

The head the "people's militia" in Luhansk also reported on his Telegram channel there were civilian casualties as a result of Ukrainian shelling on the town of Svatove on Friday morning. He provided no further details of the attack.

Reuters could also not immediately verify the battlefield reports.

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