Kyiv-controlled areas of the Luhansk region have been shelled 55 times in the past 24 hours, the press service of Luhansk region state administration head Hennadiy Moskal said on Thursday.

"The towns of Stanytsia Luhanska, Schastia, Triokhizbenka, Chornukhyne, Zolote and Vilkhove have been shelled. No local civilians were killed or wounded," the press service reports.

Outbreaks of close combat using mortars and light weapons have occurred on the outskirts of Stanytsia Luhanska over the past day. Gas mains and heating pipes which have just been repaired have again been ruptured by mortar and artillery fire. Gas mains pressure has plummeted and some homes in the administrative center have no heating.

In spite of artillery and mortar shelling, all public utilities (heating, tap water, household gas and electricity) are operating normally in Schastia and there are no contingencies there, he said.

The village of Triokhizbenka in the Novoaidarsky district continues to be shelled but power supply has been restored there, the press service said.