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The projectile fell on the hair salon where the delegate was, killing one civilian and injuring six people, three of whom were bodyguards.
Since Ukraine received from the United Kingdom rockets high precision cruise Storm shadow, whose range exceeds 250 kilometers, the Ukrainian region of Lugansk, completely occupied by Russian troops and local pro-Russian forces, has ceased to be the least disputed background of Donbass. Since last Friday, the administrative center of the region, the city of Luhansk, has been successively attacked by Ukrainian forces using new British missiles.
This Monday, the target of the raid was a hair salon in the heart of this city, where Igor Kornet, the former Minister of Internal Affairs of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LNR) and the current “acting chief” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs there, as he was called by the Russian authorities since the last time this area was annexed to the Russian Federation. As reported by Russian agencies, Kornet is “seriously hurt explosion and had to be admitted to the intensive care unit of the main health center in the city. The attack also caused one dead and six injured, three of whom are Kornet’s bodyguards. It just so happens that Russia and the governor of the Moscow-appointed administration, Leonid Pásechnik, are calling what happened a “terrorist attack” when it clearly appears more like an act of war. From the moment of annexation by Moscow, all pro-Russian authorities hold office until elections are called, never as ministers, as they exist only in the Russian federal government.
At noon, Pásechnik reported on the Telegram network that “an explosion rang out in the very center of Lugansk at rush hour, on Demékhina Street.” Unfortunately, there are casualties. The Tass agency assures that the deflagration occurred around 1:30 p.m. (Moscow time). The Lugansk-24 television channel confirmed that it happened near the Lugansk State Television and Radio Company.
The local press claims that it was a bomb planted inside the hair salon, which was badly damaged, and not a missile strike. However, the regional authorities have acknowledged this Ukraine “fired two Storm Shadow missiles at Luhansk” that they hit the official building, broke the windows of numerous apartments and damaged several vehicles. The former representative of Luhansk in Moscow, Rodion Míroshnik, believes that the target was the aviation school.
“Civilian targets”
Last Friday, the Ukrainian army struck the region for the first time in a long time. Then, as a result of another Storm Shadow barrage missile, the buildings of various companies were destroyed or severely damaged. On Saturday, Kiev troops attacked the village of Yubileini, located on the western outskirts of Luhansk.
Ukraine received those shells from the United Kingdom last week and, according to a CNN source, Kyiv promised to London that these missiles will not be used to attack Russian territory. Just this Monday, the Russian Ministry of Defense assures that its anti-aircraft system managed to shoot down one of the missiles. His spokesman, General Igor Konashenkov, condemned that the Ukrainians were using these weapons against “civilian targets” and that they had caused “injuries to several people, including six minors.” On Friday, the Kremlin described the British government’s decision to supply long-range missiles to Ukraine as “extremely hostile”.
Source: La Vozde Galicia
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