Russia accuses Kyiv of using US ATACMS missiles to hit civilian targets in Luhansk

MOSCOW: The Russian defence 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 ministry said in a statement that four of the five missiles had been shot down by

air defence systems

, but that one of the missiles had damaged two residential apartment blocks, something it alleged was deliberate.
Reuters was unable to immediately verify the assertion and there was no immediate comment from Ukraine.