ROSTOV-ON-DON. Feb 5 (Interfax) - Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) Emergency Situations Minister Alexei Poteleshchenko was killed in the Ukrainian strike on a bakery in Lisichansk on February 3, a source in the regional security agencies told Interfax on Monday.
"The LPR emergency situations minister was a casualty of the strike on Lisichansk," the source said.
Lisichansk came under heavy attack from Ukraine on Saturday. A two-story house with a bakery inside collapsed under fire.
According to the latest update, the strike killed 28 people.