A serviceman demonstrates fragments of ammunition in the courtyard of a multi-storey residential building in Donetsk. File photoDONETSK, May 26.For half an hour, Ukrainian troops shelled three settlements in the DPR, fired more than 10 large-caliber shells at them, according to the representative office of the republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC). were recorded between 21.30 and 21.55 (coincides with Moscow time), Gorlovka, Yasinovataya and Panteleymonovka were affected. Ukrainian troops fired two 122-mm shells at Horlivka, three at Yasynuvata, and six shells at Panteleymonovka, the office said.May 23, 12:35Special military operation in UkraineRussian sappers demining «Azovstal»The settlement of Gorlovka has been under the control of the Donetsk People's Republic since 2014, located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk. On the territory of the city there are coal mining enterprises and the chemical concern «Stirol». The most frequently shelled areas of Gorlovka at the moment are the village of Zaitsevo and the villages of mines named after Gagarin and «6/7» located on the outskirts of the city. Before the start of the conflict in Donbass, the population of Gorlovka numbered more than 250 thousand people. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the Armed Forces completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
