Five Killed, 19 Injured in Ukrainian Shelling of LPR

31.05.2023 10:16

Five Killed, 19 Injured in Ukrainian Shelling of LPR
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Five people have been killed and another 19 have been injured in a shelling of a poultry farm in the village of Karpaty in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), the LPR office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of issues related to Ukraine's war crimes (JCCC) said on Wednesday.

Earlier on Wednesday, the number of dead and injured was reported at 4 and 16 respectively.

"On the night of May 31, 2023, the Ukrainian armed formations shelled a poultry farm in the village of Karpaty (the Perevalsk district, the LPR).
According to preliminary information, four construction workers were killed and 16 people were injured," the office said on Telegram, adding that the building of the farm was damaged.

The Ukrainian forces fired 4 rockets from HIMARS multiple rocket launchers toward the village, the JCCC added.

Earlier, the Ukrainian armed forces targeted a temporary accommodation center for residents of the Shebekinsky district in Russia’s Belgorod region.