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2024 Lysychansk missile strike

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February 2024 Lysychansk missile strike
LocationLysychansk, Ukraine
Date3 February 2024
Attack type
Airstrike
Deaths28+ (claimed by Russia)
Perpetrators Ukraine (claimed by Russia)

On 3 February 2024, a Ukrainian missile struck a cafe in the Russian occupied city of Lysychansk as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian sources claimed 28 civilians, including three high-ranking collaborators, were killed in the cafe, while Ukraine has not yet commented on the attack.[1]

Attack

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Background

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Lysychansk was the site of a pitched battle in June 2022 which, after over a week, saw the city captured by elements of the Russian Armed Forces and the Luhansk people's militia, and a collaborationist government was established and placed under the control of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), a separatist puppet state that claims control over all of Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast.

Strike

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Russian state media had difficulty identifying the store which was targeted, first calling it a bakery, and then a restaurant, before the location was identified as the Adriatica café by milblogers.[2] Eduard Sakhnenko, the Russian-installed mayor of Lysychansk reported that the attack was a missile strike and that there where at least 28 civilian casualties, three of which were local politicians including a member of the LPR's executive branch.[3]

Victims

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The missile strike targeted the Adriatica café during the birthday celebrations of Ivan Zhushma, a local collaborator and a member of the legislature of the LPR. Russian state news agency RIA Novosti stated that the attack killed several high-ranking LPR officials including:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Two 'deputies' of occupation administration killed in Lysychansk cafe strike". The New Voice of Ukraine. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Another top Kremlin 'LPR' puppet reportedly destroyed in occupied Lysychansk". The New Voice of Ukraine. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ^ Paskevych, Anna. "Ukrainian armed forces strike on Lysychansk eliminated "Minister of Emergency Situations" and two "LPR deputies": details emerged". Obozrevatel. Retrieved 5 February 2024.