Ukraine’s navy stated on Tuesday (February 22) that the front-line city of Shchastya in jap Luhansk area was repeatedly caught up in shelling by Russian-backed separatists. The protection ministry stated it recorded 80 violations of the ceasefire throughout the ceasefire line in jap Ukraine. Based on the assertion, separatists fired mortar launchers, anti-tank grenade launchers, machine weapons, and small arms.
Kyiv authorities says Shchastya has been underneath artillery fireplace for a number of days. Positioned between the Kyiv-controlled territories and people of the self-proclaimed republic of Lugansk, Schastya has been on the front-line of Ukraine-Russia tensions since Russia deployed tens of 1000’s of Russian troopers to Ukraine’s borders.
The Ukrainian State Emergency Service within the Luhansk area stated earlier on Tuesday {that a} native thermal energy plant on the front-line caught fireplace after artillery shelling, and emergency companies have been unable to entry the ability plant to extinguish the hearth as there isn’t any ceasefire.
Footage revealed by Ukrainian authorities as early as February 18 confirmed a humanitarian checkpoint on the outskirts of Shchastya being hit by artillery fireplace. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees on Monday (February 21), recognizing the independence of separatist areas in jap Ukraine, the self-proclaimed Donetsk Folks’s Republic, and the Luhansk Folks’s Republic.
(Reuters)