Pipeline explosion qualified as terrorist act

Militants in the night on May 26th bombarded region near Stanytsa Luhanska, as a result of which gas pipeline was broken. This is stated in a message on the website of Lugansk regional military-civilian administration Gennady Moskal.

In the night on May 26th region near Stanytsa Luhanska has undergone massive artillery fire from the right bank of the Seversky Donets, which was occupied by Russian troops. Beside village Vilhove missile broke medium pressure gas pipeline, resulting in nine villages in the area (Alder, Alder Lower, Upper Alder, Herasymivka, Yuhanivka, Komyshne, Stepne, Wide, Kolisnykivka) suspended gas supply. 

Prosecutors qualified pipeline explosion as a terrorist act. This is stated in the press service of the prosecutor's office of Luhansk region. "Prosecutors made procedural manual in criminal proceedings on the fact of damage high pressure gas pipeline in this region on the basis of p. 1, Art. 258 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (terrorist act)," - said in a statement.

Now, the damage repair teams work.

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