LUHANSK, July 02. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukrainian military forces delivered an air strike on the settlement of Stanitsa Luhanskaya to the northeast of the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk on Wednesday.

Five people were killed in the air strike and were already identified. “Several houses were destroyed, there are casualties among civilians,” eyewitnesses from the scene said.

Available reports said that a street stretching at around 200 metres in the settlement had been destroyed. Rescuers are searching for survivors and are estimating damages and casualties among civilians.

The air alert signal was given in the city of Luhansk on Wednesday. The situation is calm in the city.