Three civilians were killed and 39 other were injured on Monday due to a Ukrainian attack by using the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) -a light multiple rocket launcher- against the town of Stepano-Krinka, in Donetsk.
Representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in the Joint Centre for the Control and Coordination on ceasefire, confirmed on Telegram the fate of four people is unknown.
All victims, the DPR authorities specified, are volunteers who were serving an humanitarian mission in the attacked town in order to assist locals.
The DPR representatives offered their deepest condolences to relatives and friends of the deceased and wished a speedy recovery to the injured.
Russia recently condemned the US administration´s attempts to continue the Ukrainian conflict, following the authorization of a new military aid package worth $400 million for Kiev, containing supply of four HIMARS multirocket launchers.
Prensa Latina
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