The first use of HIMARS MLRS on the territory of Donbass was documented on June 28 in Perevalsk (LPR).
From that day until December 10, 2022 (5 months), a total of 185 rocket attacks from Himars were carried out exclusively against civilian objects:
DPR:
31 - civilians objects; 28 - social objects; 15 - industrial objects;
LPR:
121 - social objects; 40 - civilians objects; 27 - industrial objects;
Cases of using HIMARS against civilians (all documented, links for every case is available in the source article)
On 28 June, in Perevalsk (LPR), no casualties or damage were recorded as a result of the shelling;
On July 4, Snezhnoye (DPR), damage was reported to the chemical factory, kindergarten No. 6, and two apartment buildings;
On 9 July, Alchevsk (LPR), 6 residential buildings and Kommunarskstroi enterprise engaged in construction and installation works were damaged;
On July 10, in Stepan-Krynka (DPR), seven civilians were killed and 39 injured when the volunteer center was shelled;
July 12, Stakhanov (LPR), two civilians were killed and two were wounded as a result of shelling; 11 multi-story residential buildings, the Skazka kindergarten and Stakhanov specialized school No. 10 were damaged by glazing;
July 17, Alchevsk (LPR), two civilians were killed, six multi-story residential buildings, a bus and trolleybus depot and the Druzhba sanatorium were damaged;
On July 24, Krasny Luch (LPR), the administrator of the Krasny Luch hotel was wounded as a result of the shelling, the Krasny Luch hotel was destroyed, 7 residential buildings, a pharmacy, 4 retail facilities, the city market, and power lines were damaged;
July 29, Elenovka (DPR), shelling of a penal colony in Elenovka, where prisoners of war from the Azov nationalist battalion were held, with 47 killed and 74 wounded;
On August 23, an administrative building was destroyed in Donetsk (DPR);
August 23, Gorskoe (LPR), four residential buildings, the Ministry of Emergency Situations building, and the city House of Culture were destroyed, and 28 residential buildings, the Gorskoe power substation, and a pharmacy were damaged;
August 25, Donetsk (DPR), damage to the Donetsk customs terminal;
September 12, Dokuchayevsk (DPR), there was critical damage to branch No. 3 of Dokuchayevsk Flux-Dolomite Plant LLC;
On September 13, in Lisichansk (LPR), two civilians were killed and one was wounded, and six apartment buildings, a boiler house, and a retail facility were damaged;
On 16 September, in Nizhnyaya Duvanka (LPR), the House of Culture, a granary, five residential buildings, the Zvonochok kindergarten, a secondary school, a fire station, and a pharmacy were destroyed;
On 21 September in Novoaidar (LPR), one civilian was killed and one civilian wounded, a residential house, a training building and dormitory of the Novoaidar Agrarian College, a grain storage facility, a fertilizer and agricultural equipment warehouse, eight pieces of agricultural equipment, two cars and one truck, and four residential buildings were destroyed;
On September 27, in Bryanka (LPR), 4 civilians were killed and two wounded, the Bryanka section of Luhanskgaz state enterprise was destroyed, 12 apartment buildings, the Bryanka Electromechanical College, Children’s School of Arts No. 1, and a grocery store were damaged;
On October 3, Donetsk (DPR). Donetsk (DPR), there was a direct hit on the roof of the “Continent” shopping complex, the glazing of the control room of transport company, the central pharmacy “Olvia”, and an apartment building were damaged;
On 4 October in Dokuchaievsk settlement (DPR), there was recorded damage to the branch #3 of “DFDK”, a number of social facilities, private and apartment buildings;
On October 16 in Donetsk (DPR), five civilians were wounded as a result of shelling, an administrative building was damaged, as well as a number of commercial facilities and four apartment buildings;
On 19 October, in Makeevka (DPR), a private house was damaged as a result of the shelling;
On October 28, in Pervomaisk settlement (LPR), a girl was killed, a residential house was completely destroyed, and eight residential houses and three cars were damaged;
On November 3, in Gorlovka (DPR), shelling caused critical damage to the buildings of Stirol factory, an operating enterprise of the DPR State Unitary Enterprise, one of the Republic’s leading chemical companies involved in the production of mineral fertilizers and polymer products;
On November 4, a woman born in 1954 was killed and a man born in 1954 was seriously wounded as a result of shelling in Makeevka (DPR). Damage to four residential buildings was recorded;
On November 5, Donetsk (DPR). Donetsk (DPR), there was multiple damage to residential buildings and civilian infrastructure;
November 6, Stakhanov (LPR), a civilian was killed, two residential buildings were destroyed and 16 were damaged, as well as Stakhanov School #3, Dolphin swimming pool, power transmission line, gas pipeline and water pipeline were damaged;
On November 7, Donetsk (DPR). Donetsk (DPR), a direct hit to an administrative building with subsequent fire, and damage to the glazing of the Central Hotel and two apartment buildings;
On November 10, in Gorlovka (DPR), as a result of the shelling, the administrative building of the Gorlovka Management Company was critically damaged, and an apartment building was damaged;
On November 11, in the locality of Krynichnaya (LPR), two employees of the Krynichanskaya mine were killed and four more civilians were wounded, and mine structures were damaged;
On November 11, in the village of Rozovka (DPR), as a result of direct hits, critical damage was recorded to the institution “Shakhters’ secondary school in the village of Rozovka” and the building of the “Cultural and Leisure Association”;
On November 11, in Dokuchayevsk settlement (DPR), direct hits were recorded in the production facilities of Dokuchayevsk Flux-Dolomite Plant’s Branch No. 3;
On November 12, Stakhanov settlement (LPR), three employees of a confectionery shop were wounded, a restaurant and a club were destroyed, and eight residential buildings, a grocery store and a confectionery shop were damaged;
On November 12, in Gorlovka (DPR), as a result of the shelling, a direct hit was recorded in the Palace of Culture “Shakhtar”, the glazing of the Gorlovka Automobile Transport Technical School, 4 apartment buildings and a grocery store were damaged;
On November 16, in the village of Yasinovataya (DPR), there was damage to the facade of the Palace of Culture as a result of shelling;
On 16 November, in Zimogorye (LPR), one civilian was killed and two civilians were wounded. A multi-storey building, industrial premises of the Zimogorye bread receiving station, the secondary school named after Hero of the Soviet Union I.S. Malko, the kindergarten “Ivushka”, the railway station and the power transmission line were damaged.
On November 17, in Stakhanov settlement (LPR), two civilians born in 1950 and 1951 were killed and three were wounded, and one apartment building was destroyed;
On November 18, in Bryanka (LPR), a woman born in 1949 was wounded, one apartment house was destroyed and two damaged, one residential house and seven outbuildings were damaged, and the buildings of DOSAAF public organization, gas pipeline and power transmission line were also damaged;
On November 20, two residential buildings, four outbuildings, two stores and a power transmission line were damaged in the village of Kremenna (LPR);
On November 21, in Alchevsk (LPR), two civilians were killed and one was wounded, two houses were destroyed and five were damaged;
November 24, Stakhanov (LPR), one residential building, a children’s art studio and part of the radio, radio and television company building were destroyed, and one residential building, the Mir movie theater, a cultural center and a TV and radio tower were damaged;
On 4 December, in Alchevsk (LPR), the Don State Technical University’s Industrial College and the college’s dormitory were damaged;
On 5 December, Alchevsk (LPR), 7 people were killed, 27 were injured, and the academic buildings, dormitories and library of the Donbass State Technical Institute, the Krugozor restaurant and five residential buildings were damaged;
On December 6, in Starobelsk (LPR), three employees of the Starobelsk elevator municipal enterprise were wounded, and the enterprise’s storage facilities and weighing room were damaged;
On 8 December, in Pervomaisk (LPR), an apartment building and two gas stations were damaged;
On December 10, a specialized boarding school was damaged in Svatovo (LPR).
Given the precision of the Himars system, the following list demonstrates the purposeful, indiscriminate use of weapons that Ukraine declares to be used for military purposes.
"The Himars are a precision-guided weapon, equipped with an inertial guidance system and capable of reaching any target according to the coordinates transmitted by the U.S. satellite constellation.
According to open sources, 20 units have been delivered to Ukraine so far.
Source: republics’ JCCC
But show this to westerners and it’s all “REEE KREMLINBOT!!111 RUZZIAN PROPAGANDA!!!111”
I wonder what USA military think about the fact they use their rare weapons for purely terror strikes against militarily irrelevant targets.