In Luhansk, there was a powerful explosion, according to preliminary data, on the Druzhba gas pipeline. It is reported by RIA Novosti

Photos and videos from different angles appear from the scene of the events, filmed from different parts of the city. According to the Luhansk information center, residents of the north-east of Luhansk are watching a glow in the area of ​​the Horizont plant.

The explosion led to the subsequent fire. The reasons for the incident are still unclear. Emergency personnel are on the scene. Emergency teams of SUE "LUGANSKGAZ" went to the scene of the incident.

Earlier, a powerful explosion thundered a few tens of meters from the building of the DPR government building in the center of Donetsk.

On February 18, the heads of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics announced the evacuation, explaining such a measure by the threat of an imminent attack by the Ukrainian military. According to the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, the Donetsk military daily records the increase in the number of lethal weapons by the Ukrainian army, including the Smerch and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems, as well as the American Javelin and Stinger man-portable missile systems.

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