Today at about 18:40 an APC (aka BMP infantry fighting vehicle) with pro-Russian rebels lost control in one of the streets of Lugansk and smashed a cafe. Only two hours later the emergency service was able to get 4 bodies out. 2 people were wounded. At 22:08 they managed to take APC out with the help of a crane.
Pro-Russian rebels smashed cafe in Lugansk killing 4 people
People who got killed were sitting at the tables outside in front of a cafe, wounded people were inside the building that was also damaged. There were 2 APCs, but another one left the place of an accident, they were driving at high speed ignoring traffic lights. A crowd of about hundred people immediately was there. Some of the locals were angrily screaming at the terrorists who got to the place and secured the area. But there were a lot of militia on army trucks, so there were no protests, people were just watching. No OSCE observers have been seen at the place.
2 ambulances arrive at the place of an accident
People are just watching, no protests.
The accident happened on Lokomotyvna St. 34 on the East of Lugansk at these coordinates 48.574310, 39.401280. You can view Panorama photo of the street at Yandex Map here
Panoramic photo of the street in Lugansk where the accident happened.
The photos were originally posted by anonymous blogger from Lugansk here https://twitter.com/LuhanskJunta/status/611575019978760196
Lugansk is currently under control of so-called Lugansk People’s Republic. Ukrainian government considers this part of Ukraine as a territory of Lugansk Region occupied by Russian forces.