Multifamily building damaged after militants opened mortar fire in Luhansk region

10:35, 20.01.2015 1 min read

On Tuesday morning militants opened a mortar fire at a residential quarter in the town of Schastia in Luhansk region, head of Luhansk regional state administration Hennadiy Moskal said.

The attack damaged several buildings and people were injured, he said

"Mortar attacks carried out on Tuesday morning caused direct hits in an apartment building in Schastia. Some thirty apartments were damaged. The number of casualties is now being determined," Moskal told Interfax-Ukraine.

He said that the militants shelled a block of building near Vesela Hora "where there is even no position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces or police."

Further details will be informed later.