SHELL HITS CHURCH IN LUHANSK REGION, NO CASUALTIES
A church of the Moscow patriarch was damaged as the result of shelling of the city of Zolotoe in Luhansk province on the eve of the day of the Holy Trinity and there were no injuries, the website of the Russian Orthodox Church reports on Monday.
"Yesterday, 30 May, on the eve of the feast of the Holy Trinity, a shell exploded in the church yard of the church of St. Nicholas of the Severodonetsk diocese as the result of the shelling of the city of Zolotoe of Luhansk province. Shrapnel broke out windows in the church and in the priest's house. Fortunately, nobody was injured," the press release says.
The head of the Luhansk provincial state
administration, Gennady Moskal, yesterday made a working trip to
the site of the shelling and observed the territory of the church,
RPTs added. (tr. by PDS, posted 2 June 2015)
LUHANSK GOVERNOR: FIGHTERS FOR RUSSIAN WORLD
SHELLED ORTHODOX
CHURCH ON TRINITY SUNDAY
Religiia
v Ukraine, 2 June 2015
Pro-Russian militants fired upon the church
of St. Nicholas
in the residential area of Zolotoe (Luhansk province),
Religiia v Ukraine
reports with a reference to Ligu.net and the press service of
the head of the
Luhansk military civic administration, Gennady Moskal.
"At around eight in the evening, militants
from
Pervomaisk shelled the village of Zolotoe which is on the
front line in Luhansk
province. The Orthodox church of St. Nicholas also came under
fire; it is
located on the outskirts of Zolotoe at the entrance to
Katerinovka. The shell
flew and exploded in the yard of the church and shrapnel broke
out windows in
the residence of the priest and the church itself. During the
shelling, people
were in the house and it is a miracle that none of them was
wounded or
killed," the report notes.
Gennady Moskal said that at the site of the
explosion
fragments of the shell were found which had been shot from an
anti-tank rocket
system Cornet.
"Its calibre was 152 millimeters (the use of such a calibre is forbidden by the Minsk agreements), and the shell is designed for stopping armoured vehicles. Yesterday, several hours before one of the major Christian feasts, 'fighters for the Russian World' used this weapon against an Orthodox church," the statement of the press service of the Luhansk provincial administration says. (tr. by PDS, posted 3 June 2015)
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