The Russian defense ministry on Friday accused Ukrainian forces of firing five US-supplied ATACMS missiles at the Russian-controlled eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk in an attack it said had wounded 20 people, including children.
The defense ministry said in a statement that its air defense systems had shot down four of the five missiles, but that one of the missiles had damaged two residential apartment blocks, something it alleged was deliberate.
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It may take up to two days to clear the rubble after Ukraine’s missile strike on Lugansk, the city’s mayor, Yana Pashchenko, said.
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