“As a result of the shelling, 169 people died and 455 were injured, of which 21 children died and 29 were injured,” the statement said.

In addition, during the year, due to the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 3.6 thousand houses in 84 settlements and 413 civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.

On January 1, RIA Novosti, citing the deputy chief physician of the hospital, Tatyana Kovaleva, reported the death of six people as a result of the shelling of the Pervomaisk hospital in the LPR by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Earlier, the mayor of Pervomaisk, Sergey Kolyagin, said that the city hospital was the target of strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The representative office of the LPR in the JCCC reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine delivered several strikes from the M142 HIMARS MLRS on Pervomaisk in 40 minutes.