The Prosecutor's office of Luhansk region opened a case on the fact of explosion on the pipeline in accordance with point act of terrorism, informs the press service of the regional Prosecutor's office.

before the head of the press service of the operator of the Ukrainian GTS organization "Ukrtransgaz" Maxim Belyavsky said that the pipeline in the Luhansk region damaged as a result of the fighting, were left without gas 6 settlements and 12 industrial facilities. On the transit of gas to the European Union via Ukraine is not affected. According to his statement, the damaged pipeline, which transported the gas to the gas distribution station in the Village Lugansk in Lugansk region. Later in the press service stated that the emergency crew operator of the gas transportation system of Ukraine "Ukrtransgaz" arrived in the broken area of the pipeline.

"The Prosecutor's office Stanichno-the Lugansk area is procedural management in criminal proceedings on the fact of destruction of the high pressure gas pipeline in the village of Stanytsia Luhanska, Luhansk region in accordance with paragraph" a terrorist act ", - is informed in the report.

As informs the press service, in the night of 7 to 8 may in the Village Lugansk in the end of active hostilities " terrorists damaged the pipeline that the reason the district and 13 settlements were left without gas (more than 20 thousand subscribers) ". Currently work at the site emergency team.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbas is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

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