She said that her friend Ivan celebrated his birthday. He died along with his parents.

“There were many of my friends and acquaintances there; I grew up with them since childhood. A pregnant woman died. Many friends are now in the hospital,” said a local resident.

The impact occurred at the moment when latecomers were approaching the restaurant, some of them were damaged by shrapnel.

In the LPR, February 4 has been declared a day of mourning for the victims of the shelling of Lisichansk by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

On the evening of February 3, Ukrainian troops shelled a bakery in Lisichansk. According to the latest data, 28 people were killed in the attack, including one child.