A Ukrainian strike killed three people, injured eight and triggered a large fire at an oil storage depot in Ukraine's occupied Luhansk region, the region's Russia-installed governor said, Paralel.Az reports citing Deutsche Welle.

Governor Leonid Pasechnik said eight people were hospitalized after the attack in the town of Rovenky, 60 kilometers (36 miles) from the regional centre of Luhansk.

Six suffered injuries from the blast, and two suffered from smoke inhalation, he wrote on Telegram.

It was the second such assault in three days. On Wednesday, an attack on an oil depot in the town of Luhansk injured five people.

Russian forces control most, but not all, of Luhansk region, one of four regions annexed by Russiain the aftermath of it launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.