Towns under Ukrainian government control in Luhansk region remain under attack, Luhansk Region State Administration Head Hennadiy Moskal reported on Friday.

Ten mortar shells fired by militants hit the town of Schastia from the side of Vesela Hora on Thursday evening. The shells blasted near the thermal power plant, close to a bridge across the River Siversky Donets, the report said.

"Gas mains were ruptured, cutting off the gas supply to the town and five villages in its suburbs. Workers are trying to repair the damage in order to resume gas supply. The thermal power plant is operating normally and electric power, heating and tap water service is good," it said.

Artillery shells directly hit Popasna and sparked fire in two residential buildings, which burned down, and several Grad rockets exploded near the town. "There were no civilian casualties and the electric power, water and gas supply went on everywhere but in the areas were public utility networks were damaged by gunfire. The attack on Popasna has now stopped," the report said.

The overnight mortar shelling damaged about ten residential buildings in Triokhizbenka but there have been no civilian casualty reports as of yet.

The Kondrashivska Nova rail station came under attack in Stanytsia Luhanska. The track and the train depot were damaged and a locomotive was destroyed. Electric power, tap water and heating supply to seven villages in its vicinity has been cut off.