At least eight Ukrainian civilians were killed and 21 others injured in a Russian bombardment on Monday June 27 while collecting water in Lyssytchansk (East), twin city of Severodonetsk recently conquered by Moscow forces, announced the regional governor.
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The Russians fired into a crowd of people with multiple Hurricane rocket launchers as civilians collected water from a cistern.
Eight residents died, 21 were taken to hospital
,” Sergei Gaïdaï, governor of the Lugansk region, said on Telegram.
Lysytchansk is the last major city left to conquer for the Russians in the Lugansk region, one of the two provinces of the Donbass industrial basin.
