Russian Media: "Ukraine Conducts Four Shelling Attacks on Pro-Russian Rebel Region Luhansk" (Summary)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunwoo Lee] Russian media reported that the Ukrainian military carried out four mortar and grenade attacks in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine, which is occupied by pro-Russian rebel groups.

On the 17th (local time), Russia's Sputnik News quoted the so-called Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) side, dispatched to the Joint Control and Coordination Center (JCCC) monitoring the eastern Ukraine area known as the Donbas region, saying, "The Ukrainian military launched four attacks using mortars and grenades in the Luhansk region at dawn on the same day."

An LPR official told Sputnik News, "The Ukrainian armed forces deployed weapons that should have been withdrawn under the Minsk Agreement, seriously violating the ceasefire regime." The Minsk Agreement is a ceasefire accord signed in 2015 in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, between Ukraine, Russia, and pro-Russian separatist rebels. The agreement includes the withdrawal of heavy weapons, restoration of Ukraine's control over the border with Russia, and expanded autonomy for the Donbas region, but it has not been properly implemented so far.

This announcement is raising concerns that military tensions will significantly escalate across the Ukraine-Russia border region. However, since this is a unilateral claim by the pro-Russian armed group, the exact facts have not yet been confirmed.

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