In the evening, Russian forces fired rockets at the fuel and lubricants base in Lutsk in Volhynia. Information about the attack was provided by the head of the regional military administration. An air raid alert had been issued earlier in the area.
Explosions in the city were also reported by the mayor of Lutsk Igor Polishchuk. “Dear residents of Lutsk. Hide! Please do not publish photos and videos showing these explosions, and do not provide other information!”, the mayor of the city urged in posts on Facebook.
Yesterday, Russian rockets fired at a fuel base near Lvov, as well as one of the factories there.
Lutsk, the historical capital of Volhynia, is located one hundred kilometers from the Polish border.
Explosions in Ukrainian cities
In turn, the portal zn.ua reported on the explosions that sounded on Sunday evening in Kherson, Zhitomir, Uman, Kharkov and Rivne.
The Ukrayinska Pravda website also reports outbreaks in Kyiv.
Residential area attack
The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reported that Russian forces fired at the Krasnogorovka residential area in the Donetsk region using banned cluster bombs.
“The enemy struck from multiple launch rocket systems “Tornado-S” on the residential area of Krasnogorovka. Russian troops used banned cluster munitions. He fell on the streets of private houses,” the Interior Ministry said.
According to the Ukrainian Ministry, the period of self-destruction of these munitions can be up to 40 years, and being near them can be fatal.