The window of the building damaged after being hit by the APU. File photoLUGANSK, July 17 Two civilians were killed during the shelling of Alchevsk in the Lugansk People's Republic by Ukrainian troops from the American MLRS HIMARS, an officer of the LPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire regime told reporters ( On Saturday evening, the Luhansk People’s Republic office in the JCCC announced that Ukrainian troops had shelled Alchevsk with HIMARS MLRS.In the DPR, two people were killed due to shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine «As a result of the shelling of the city of Alchevsk from the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (a total of 6 missiles were fired by the enemy), two civilians were killed, six multi-storey residential buildings, a bus and trolleybus depot and a sanatorium were damaged — «Druzhba» dispensary,» the spokesman said. Earlier, the United States handed over to Ukraine eight mobile launchers on the wheeled chassis of the MLRS HIMARS. It is planned that four more such installations will be transferred to Kyiv. Pentagon Deputy Head Colin Kahl said on June 1 that the United States secured a promise from the Ukrainian authorities, including Vladimir Zelensky personally, not to use HIMARS for strikes on Russian territory.As reported by the Russian Defense Ministry, at least two HIMARS installations have been destroyed to date.Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier that Russia would draw conclusions in the event of deliveries of long-range missiles to Kyiv about delivering strikes on those objects that have not yet come under attack. Russia previously sent note to NATO countries because of the supply of weapons to Kyiv. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. >Seven people died in the DPR during the day because of the shelling of Ukrainian troops
