It is reported by Luganskinform with reference to the press service of the Alchevsk City Hall.

“As of 13:00, the number of civilian casualties as a result of the shelling of Alchevsk on December 5 increased to six people, 24 people were injured,” the statement said.

Earlier, an officer of the People's Militia of the Lugansk People's Republic, Andrei Marochko, said that the death toll due to the shelling of Alchevsk by the APU militants had increased to nine.