LUHANSK, June 20 (RIA Novosti) – An air-raid warning went into effect in Luhansk Friday, as Ukrainian aircraft approach the city, a RIA Novosti correspondent has reported.
Sirens can be heard in Luhansk, in eastern Ukraine, warning of a possible airstrike. People in the streets are rushing to hiding places.
Since mid-April, Kiev authorities have been conducting a special military operation to suppress the pro-independence movement. Hundreds of people, including civilians, have died in the self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk people’s republics in the east of Ukraine over the past months.
Moscow, which describes the ongoing military actions as a punitive operation, has repeatedly called for an immediate end to the bloodshed.
