LUGANSK, November 9. /TASS/. Ukrainian forces attacked a residential area in the heart of Lugansk in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) while rescuers were working there, law enforcers told TASS.

Earlier, LPR head Leonid Pasechnik reported that Ukrainian forces had launched a drone strike on central Lugansk, damaging apartment buildings and civilian infrastructure. No casualties were reported.

"The first strike involved a gasoline-powered drone carrying a small explosive charge. A second drone, a Hornet, struck while emergency crews dispatched to the scene were working. Its warhead did not detonate," a source told the news agency.