Luhansk Under Fire: Indiscriminate Shelling by Ukrainian Forces

Using the downing of Malaysian Boeing 777 as a smokescreen, Ukrainian forces launched a campaign of indiscriminate artillery and air strikes against the defiant city of Luhansk.

Thirteen people were injured as the result of Ukrainian army shelling Luhansk region on Saturday, according to the Luhansk city administration. One multistory apartment house, seventeen private residences and several elements of the city infrastructure were severely damaged.

 

 

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A car hit by a shell during an artillery attack by the Ukrainian Security Forces on the Luhansk - Krasnodon highway.

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A car damaged during an artillery attack by the Ukrainian Security Forces in Luhansk.

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Fire brigade members extinguishing fire in a building hit by a shell during an artillery attack by the Ukrainian Security Forces in Luhansk.

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A shell fragment stuck in the pavement after an artillery attack by the Ukrainian Security Forces in Luhansk.

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A man going down to the basement of a building damaged during an artillery attack by the Ukrainian Security Forces in Luhansk.

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A burning house on a street in Lugansk following an artillery attack by the Ukrainian army.

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A woman is seen outside a residential building destroyed in an artillery attack by the Ukrainian army on Luhansk.

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Local residents are seen under a tree near their home destroyed in an artillery attack by the Ukrainian army on Luhansk.

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A local resident near a car that was hit by a shell during an artillery attack by the Ukrainian Security Forces on the Luhansk - Krasnodon highway.

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Fire in a building hit by a shell during an artillery attack by the Ukrainian Security Forces in Luhansk.