About this, according to RIA Novosti, Pushilin said on the air of Channel One.

“During the year, 239 HIMARS missiles were fired on the territory of the republic alone,” he stated.

In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired more than 15,000 NATO-caliber shells during the year, Pushilin added.

The politician stressed that the Ukrainian military deliberately strike at civilian targets.

Earlier it became known that the Ukrainian security forces attacked Donetsk from the MLRS, firing ten shells at the Petrovsky district of the city.