Luhansk –
Moscow authorities said it was an attack Ukraine in the Russian-occupied city of Lysychansk, Lugansk killed 8 people. Russia said 10 other people were injured in the attack.
Reported by AFP, Sunday (4/2/2024), the attack occurred at a bakery in Lysychansk, in the Lugansk region. Russian authorities said there was a possibility that the number of victims would increase because of the damage to the bakery.
Lysychansk fell to Russian forces after brutal fighting six months after Moscow’s attack in 2022.
Russian troops say that Ukraine had attacked a building housing a popular bakery and it was believed more victims were buried in the rubble.
“According to current data, eight people were killed and 10 others were injured as a result of the shooting at a bakery in Lysychansk of varying degrees of severity,” Russian-appointed Health Minister of the Lugansk region, Natalia Pashchenko, said via Telegram.
“Rescue teams also found, initially, about 10 people under the rubble. There were also dead among them,” he added.
The Lugansk governor installed in Moscow, Leonid Pasechnik, said Kyiv had targeted a bakery known to have fresh bread at weekends.
RIA Novosti published video of a heavily damaged building, with emergency workers removing a completely destroyed car.
The one-story building had a large sign saying ‘Adriatic Restaurant’ and appeared to be completely destroyed and covered in rubble.
Authorities set up in Moscow said a wounded man in serious condition was taken to a hospital in the city of Lugansk, where three other injured people would also be taken.
Pasechnik said local police and emergency services were at the scene and trying to save the victims with special equipment.
Lysychansk had a population of around 111,000 people before the Russian attack.
Russia took control of the region and the city of Severodonetsk in the summer of 2022 after some of the most brutal fighting of their nearly two-year offensive.
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2024-02-03 19:46:50
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