Terrorists fired at a column of civilians

At about 9:40 a.m. terrorists near Lugansk on the highway between the cartilage and Novosvetlovka from the Grad and mortars installations fired at a column of civilians. This was stated by the speaker of the information and analytical center of the National Security and Defense Council Andrei Lysenko, reports League. “Many people died, including women and children,” he emphasized. The number of victims is specified.

Over the past day, nine Ukrainian troops were killed in the anti -terrorist operation zone, 22 were injured, Lysenko said.

"The shelling of the positions of the Ukrainian military from the Russian territory continues. Yesterday at 11:20 from the Avilo -Fedovka region, the Rostov Region of the Russian Federation in the direction of the Ukrainian village of Alekseevskoye, 3 volleys from the Gradi plants were carried out," Lysenko noted. "At 17:40, 3 more artillery salvos from the Seleznevo and Krasnodar region were also recorded."

According to the National Security and Defense Council, the grouping of the Russian armed forces near the state border of Ukraine increased by one battalion tactical group from Yekaterinburg. “In the immediate vicinity of the village of Gukovo, the Rostov region opposite Sverdlovsk and Chervonopartizansk of the Lugansk region, about 30 Grad installations were discovered,” Lysenko said.

“The Ukrainian military has already managed to recapture part of the city of Lugansk, it is now held by our military,” Lysenko said. “Lugansk is almost completely surrounded, and the operation is currently undergoing release.”

Ukrainian tanks entered the village of Lugansk, reports "informant" with reference to eyewitnesses. On the building of the Stanichno-Lugansk submissions, a Ukrainian flag was posted. The militants are shelling the village with Zmein Gorus. As a result, a kindergarten and several houses in the center of the village caught fire. On July 2, it was reported that a airline was applied to the village of Lugansk . Then nine people died.

On August 11, the National Security and Defense Councilcalled on civilians to leave Donetsk and Lugansk for a while in connection with the beginning of the operation to liberate cities. Lysenko then said that humanitarian corridors were laid from both cities. In addition, he noted, for the inhabitants of Lugansk, a collection point in the city of Happiness was opened, and for the residents of Donetsk - in the village of Dachnaya, the Maryinsky district. Happiness and summer cottage are already freed from terrorists. “We are ready to provide all possible transport for the export of people from settlements,” the SNBO information speaker assured.