—LUGANSK, February 1. /TASS/. The cities of Kremennaya and Svatovo sustained serious damage as a result of shelling attacks of the Ukrainian armed forces, which involved the use of US-made HIMARS multiple-launch rocket systems, Vitaly Kiselev, a colonel of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) and a military expert, has told TASS.
"The situation is extremely difficult in the Svatovo-Kremennaya area. The cities of Svatovo and Kremennaya sustained serious damage as a result of strikes of high-precision rockets and artillery shells made in Italy, France and Germany, and also fire from US-made HIMARS," he said.
In his words, Russian forces were "efficiently beating the adversary in all areas."
Three people were killed in a shelling attack on Kremennaya on Tuesday. According to the LPR mission to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of issues related to Ukraine’s war crimes, a total of seven rockets were fired towards the city on that day. Later, former LPR ambassador to Russia, Rodion Miroshnik, said a HIMARS system was used in the attack.