MOSCOW, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and four others injured in drone attacks on civilian vehicles in the Russian-controlled Lugansk region, Leonid Pasechnik, the Moscow-appointed head of the region, said Friday.
A drone attacked a truck in the Belovodsk municipal district, killing the driver. In another attack on the Novoaydar-Starobelsk road, a man was killed and another person injured when a passenger car was hit, Pasechnik said in a social media post.
Two men were also injured in drone attacks on trucks in the Stanichno-Lugansk and Slavyanoserbsk municipal districts, he said.
Overnight, several strikes hit the local telecommunications operator Lugakom and an industrial facility in Lugansk city, leaving one person injured, according to preliminary information, Pasechnik said.
Residential buildings were damaged, while server and switching equipment was destroyed. Mobile communications and internet access were experiencing disruptions, he said, adding that specialists were carrying out emergency repairs. ■
