MOSCOW, May 31, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - At least five people were killed and 19 wounded in a night bombardment in Ukraine's Lugansk region, its Russian administrators said, blaming the Ukrainian army for the attack.

"The strike on the village of Karpaty by Ukrainian armed groups... killed five and wounded 19 -- and was carried out by HIMARS systems according to preliminary information," Russian security authorities in the Lugansk region posted on Telegram, referring to US-provided long-range missiles.