JCCC representative in the DPR. File photoDONETSK, May 29.Ukrainian troops shelled Gorlovka three times for almost three hours, as well as Donetsk and the neighboring villages of Golmovsky, Ozeryanovka and the village of Mikhailovka, using 122-mm artillery, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire said. «Fishes were recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the following directions: 09.30 — settlement Metallist — settlement Horlivka: three shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired; 10.00 — settlement Maiorsk — settlement Gorlovka: five 122 mm shells were fired; shelling at 10.35, 10.40 and 11.45 respectively. In total, 19 shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired at them. Petrovsky district of Donetsk came under fire at 12.42. Three shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired at the capital of the republic, the representative office of the DPR in the JCCC reported. 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 over 250 thousand people.May 20, 18:43 Donbass. Genocide. 2014-2022Genocide of the civilian population of Donbass. Photo evidence of Alexei KudenkoPhoto correspondents of RIA Novosti dispassionately recorded the life of ordinary people in the conditions of war. One of them is Alexei Kudenko. This collection contains photographic evidence of the genocide of the civilian population of Donbass that he collected. Since 2014, when the DPR declared independence from Kyiv, the area, starting from the line of contact outside the city of Marinka, has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian troops. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
