Consequences of shelling Gorlovka. File photoDONETSK, June 1 Ukrainian troops again shelled Gorlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, firing 20 rockets from the Grad MLRS, according to the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC). «Fire was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 16.55 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Kodema — the settlement of Horlivka: 20 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad,» the representative office said in Telegram -channel.
Ukrainian troops shelled the territory of the DPR 51 times in a day. Gorlovka is one of the largest settlements in the DPR, under the control of the republic since 2014. Before the conflict in the Donbass, the population of Gorlovka totaled more than 250 thousand people. The settlement of Zaitsevo and the settlements of the mines named after Gagarin and 6/7, located on the outskirts, are subjected to frequent shelling. 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. Along with the Russian military, units of the DPR and LPR are operating in the region.
