As published in his Telegram account by the government of the Luhansk People’s Republic, a region that recently joined Russia, Stakhanov was attacked with three projectiles from Himar’s multiple rocket launchers.
Earlier, the agency reported that Kiev forces attacked the city of Alchevsk with 12 US shells.
At this time, no information has been released about possible human casualties from the attack by Ukrainian troops on Stakhanov, a town of more than 87,000 people.
The American Himars missile launchers have a range of up to 80 kilometers, but can be modified and increase their range to 200 kilometers.
US President Joe Biden drew his country into the conflict by sending large quantities of arms to Ukrainian nationalists.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation warned that Washington’s arms deliveries could trigger a direct armed conflict between the United States and Russia with unforeseeable consequences. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special military operation in Donetsk and Lugansk to “defend civilians who have been victims of genocide by the Ukrainian regime for eight years.”
The two regions gained independence from Ukraine in 2014 after that country’s coup and joined Russia last September after holding referendums in which the overwhelming majority of the population of Donetsk and Lugansk supported the option.
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