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Ukrainian tanks fire at the militia's positions from tanks near Luganskaya settlement

At about 21:00 Ukrainian troops started tank fire: shells hit a checkpoint and summer cottages located in the vicinity

MOSCOW, June 9. /TASS/. Several houses have been set ablaze as Ukrainian troops are firing at the positions of militias of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic from tanks near the settlement of Luganskaya, LuganskInformCentre said on Tuesday, citing an LPR militiaman.

"At about 21:00, Ukrainian troops started to fire from tanks at the militias’ positions near the settlement of Luganskaya. Shells hit a checkpoint and summer cottages located in the vicinity," he said, adding that the shelling had caused fire. "Several houses are burning. Tanks are still shelling our positions," he said.