MOSCOW, July 26 (RIA Novosti) - Fifteen civilians were killed and about 60 injured in a mortar attack on Luhansk Friday night, the city’s commandant told RIA Novosti.
"After a mortar attack in the city center near the bus terminal, 15 civilians were killed and about 60 were injured. It happened at about six in the evening,” Sergey Grachyov said.
Kiev authorities launched a special military operation in the east of Ukraine in mid-April in a crackdown on the independence movement. Hundreds of people, including civilians have died in both regions over the past months.
Moscow has described the ongoing military action as a punitive operation and has repeatedly called on Kiev to put an immediate end to the bloodshed. Russia’s Foreign Ministry has also urged the international community to intervene and investigate the crimes against humanity that occurred in Ukraine in recent months.
