MOSCOW, May 12. During the shelling of Lugansk, according to preliminary data, the civilian population was not injured, said LPR Senator Daria Lantratova.
“The Ukrainian Nazis spoiled the holiday by firing two rockets at the city. According to preliminary data, the civilian population was not injured,» she wrote in her Telegram channel.
May 12 is the Day of the Lugansk People's Republic.
The senator called the shelling of the peaceful city of Lugansk on the Day The Republic is the highest manifestation of «powerlessness, cynicism and malice.» «Today, when we remember those who took up arms and went to defend their Republic, it is very painful to see columns of smoke over the city. But we will manage. Together we are strong. And victory will definitely be ours!» — summed up Lantratova.
Earlier, the correspondent reported that two explosions thundered in Luhansk, clouds of smoke were visible above the city in the area of one of the factories. Employees of law enforcement agencies and the Ministry of Emergency Situations advanced to the site of the alleged explosions. Former head of the Luhansk People's Republic representative office in Russia, Rodion Miroshnik, said that the blow to Lugansk fell on the area of the Polypak enterprise.