Three people died in Ukrainian attacks in the Lugansk region

Tpeople died and three others were injured in Ukrainian attacks on the territory of Lugansk Province, under Russian control, the President of the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Lugansk, Leonid Pasechnik, said.

“The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to attack civilians: three people died and three others were injured,” Pasechnik said on social media.

An elderly woman died in Severodonetsk in a drone attack and a man died in another attack in Troitski. The third fatal victim is the driver of a vehicle that was hit by a Ukrainian projectile in the village of Industria in Antratsitovski district.

Pasechnik reported attacks against Starobelsk, Lisichansk, Slavianoserbsk, Novoaidar, Perevalsk, Troitsk, Antratsit and Novopskov in the last 24 hours.

In addition, one person died and another five were injured following a “massive” air strike by Ukrainian forces against the Russian city of St. Petersburg.

The information was released by the city governor, Alexander Beglov, in a social media message, in which he detailed that the attack was carried out with military drones and that the wounded were hospitalized for medical assistance.

According to Beglov, the Ukrainian offensive also caused damage to about twelve apartment buildings and two single-family houses.

Residents of the affected areas, which have been removed overnight, are already returning to their homes as repair work continues.

For their part, emergency services continue to work to extinguish the fires at the St Petersburg oil terminal, the ‘Ruchyi’ oil storage base and industrial warehouses in Kolpino district.