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The West has already delivered lethal weapons to Kiev de facto and US methods of war are being used by Ukrainian military, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic’s negotiator in the Minsk talks told RIA Novosti Tuesday, Sputnik News reported.

“Deliveries are already underway, unfortunately. Shells with NATO markings have been used in Horlivka,” Denis Pushilin, who is also the deputy speaker of the DPR’s parliament, said.

Pushilin said lethal arms deliveries would lead to even more deaths of innocent civilians.

“These deliveries will lead to an escalation in the conflict. An enormous number of civilians are being killed indiscriminately,” Pushilin said.

He also added that US tactics in war were also being used by Ukrainian armed forces.

“Criminal American methods of war are being used by employing heavy artillery from a distance that leads to a huge number of victims among civilians,” Pushilin said.

Media reports suggested earlier that US authorities were considering supplying equipment and arms, including Javelin anti-tank missile systems, to Kiev forces in light of an intensifying conflict in Ukraine's southeast.

The future of Ukraine reconciliation talks is not clear yet, the envoy of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic to the talks said Tuesday.

“There has been no news, there has been no answer. The incumbent government in Kiev is under strong influence of the United States, which wants the war to continue. So, as far as the resumption of talks in concerned, the forecast is unfavorable,” Denis Pushilin said.

Earlier on Tuesday, shelling by Ukrainian forces was reported in the Makiivka village east of Donetsk city and the Vuhlehirsk village bordering the Luhansk region. More than 1,000 people were reportedly evacuated from both settlements.