Head of Russia-annexed Luhansk says Ukrainian shelling damages gasoline depot

– The pinnacle of Ukraine’s Russia-annexed Luhansk area stated on Monday that Ukrainian shelling had broken a gasoline depot and triggered a hearth within the city of Dovzhansk.
It was the third such Ukrainian assault on depots within the area this month.
Leonid Pasechnik, writing on the Telegram messaging app, stated Ukrainian forces had used cluster bombs within the assault in town, known as Sverdlovsk, its Soviet-era title, by the Russia-installed native administration.
Pasechnik stated emergency companies had been on the scene to maintain close by buildings protected from the hearth within the city, which lies south of the area’s foremost city, Luhansk.
It was the second Ukrainian strike on the area throughout the day, Pasechnik stated.
There was no official Ukrainian touch upon the assault on the gasoline depot. Ukrainian battle bloggers reported the strike and posted photos of a giant plume of smoke wafting skyward in what seemed like a forested space.
Bloggers additionally reported an earlier strike within the area, with photos of rubble exterior a high-rise constructing.
Pasechnik reported strikes on oil storage depots earlier in Might in Luhansk and within the city of Rovenky, close to Dovzhansk.