As a result of “LNR” attacks, five civilians died and 14 were wounded

The militants shelled the villages in the Luhansk region 3,047 times in 2017, as the press service of Luhansk region police told 112.ua.

Five civilians died and fourteen were wounded as a result of these attacks.

Based on these attacks, the police opened 321 criminal cases, investigating these as terrorist attacks.

Moreover, 40 cases were sent to court on the cases not related to the law on armed groups, and in 7 cases, the pre-trial investigation was conducted in absentia of the perpetrator.

As to the crimes committed in the occupied region, there were 227 criminal proceedings started. The police said, that 84 people living on the occupied by “LNR” territory, addressed the Ukrainian police.