Russian-controlled armed terrorist groups in the Donbas shelled Lugansk with heavy weapons. The purpose of the provocation is to accuse the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the attack. The incident took place on Sunday, February 20, around 21:00, the press service of the Joint Forces Operation in Donbas reports on Facebook..

The message contains a video of explosions in the city. The attack was carried out from. Lobachevo.

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The Armed Forces of Ukraine recalled that such tactics of information and propaganda war are used by the enemy to escalate the situation more and more and blame the armed forces of Ukraine.

As the press service wrote, by attacks on Luhansk "

The Joint Forces Command officially announced: the units of the Joint Forces strictly observe the Minsk agreements and the norms of international humanitarian law.

Statements about alleged shelling of settlements by the Armed Forces of Ukraine are an outright lie and a provocation, the responsibility for which lies with the occupying country.

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The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov said that the Russian occupation troops are placing artillery and armored vehicles among residential buildings and from there shelling peaceful settlements and provoking Ukraine to make mistakes.