Four civilians killed in Luhansk region in past 24 hours

16:29, 12.02.2015 1 min read

Militants shelled Kyiv-controlled areas in Luhansk region 35 times over the past day, killing four people and injuring seven, head of Luhansk Regional State Administration Hennadiy Moskal said.

"An artillery shell killed an 85-year-old woman on Pionerska Street in Stanytsia Luhanska. A 52-year-old woman was crushed by the rubble of her home in the village of Valuiske (not far from the district center) which was also shelled by the artillery. Two policemen were hurt by gunfire," the Moskal press service said.

In all, over 30 homes were damaged in Stanytsia Luhanska and the villages of Nizhnia Vilhova, Peredelske and Valuiske, Moskal reported.

Artillery and Grad rocket launcher attacks on Popasna killed one civilian and injured five.

A 22-year-old man died in an anti-personnel mine explosion in a tree belt on the outskirts of Novotoshkivka.