Shelling of Luhansk in southeastern Ukraine leaves 16 wounded
At least 16 people have been wounded after residential neighborhoods in the city of Luhansk in southeastern Ukraine were shelled Tuesday evening, the Emergency Situations Ministry of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) has announced, according to Sputnik News.
"As a result of the first shelling, 11 people sustained injuries, ambulances later took five more people to hospital. The total figure for one evening is 16," the ministry said Tuesday as quoted by the Luhansk Information Center.
According to the ministry, Luhansk came under fire from Uragan multiple-rocket launchers.
The Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), deployed in Ukraine by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), said in its Tuesday situation report that there had been 38 ceasefire violations in the 24 hours preceding Monday morning, according to the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC) in Luhansk.