Alchevsk shelling death toll from Ukrainian artillery strikes rises to nine - Marochko

The number of people killed in Kiev artillery strikes at Alchevsk has increased to nine, Lugansk People’s Republic militia Colonel Andrey Marochko said.

 

Early on Monday, Ukrainian forces fired six HIMARS missiles at the town. Damaged was caused to a teaching block of the Donbas State Technical University and dormitories that provided accommodation to displaced persons. Preliminary reports said three people had been killed and at least 15 had been wounded.

 

“As of 11:00, the number of civilian fatalities in Alchevsk shelling had increased to nine,” Marochko wrote on Telegram.

 

In the morning of December 4, Kiev forces fired four HIMARS missiles at Alchevsk damaging the Industrial College of the Donbass State Technical University and the college dormitory.

 

The Ukrainian government launched the so-called anti-terrorist operation against Donbass in April 2014.  The peace talks that began soon thereafter failed to reach tangible results due to Kiev’s position to settle the conflict by force.

 

The Lugansk People’s Republic became a part of Russia on September 30, 2022 following the unification referendum.*i*ie