According to TASS, he wrote about this in his Telegram.

“As of 11:00 Moscow time, the number of civilian casualties as a result of the shelling of Alchevsk increased to nine people.

Search and rescue operations continue,” Marochko said.

In the early morning of December 5, Ukrainian armed formations attacked Alchevsk with a HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, firing six rockets into the city.

According to the head of the city administration, as a result of the shelling, at least three people were killed, another 15 were injured, five of them are in serious condition.