The key facts
- Four people were killed in the attack on Lutsk.
- Debris from a jet-powered drone fell on the city, causing a large-scale fire in a store on Konyakin Street.
Four people killed as a result of the attack on Lutsk. Today, during the Russian military attack on Lutsk, debris from a jet-powered drone fell on the city, wrote the head of the Volyn Regional Military Administration, Roman Romanuyk. According to h
Four people were killed as a result of the attack on Lutsk. Today, during the Russian military attack on Lutsk, debris from a jet-powered drone fell on the city, wrote the head of the Volyn Regional Military Administration, Roman Romanuyk. According to him, a large-scale fire broke out in a store on Konyakin Street…
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