
A man displays shrapnel from a 155mm shell. File photoDONETSK, June 4Ukrainian troops at 20.15 (coincides with Moscow time) fired at the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, firing 30 mines with a caliber of 60 mm, reports the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC). — ed.) in the direction: 20.15 — Maiorsk settlement — Gorlovka settlement (Nikitovsky district): 30 mines were fired with a caliber of 60 mm,» the statement published in the representative's Telegram channel reads.
The West did not leave Russia a way out Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, the city is home to the Stirol chemical concern and coal mining enterprises. Gorlovka is one of the largest settlements in the DPR, and has been under the control of the republic since 2014. Before the start of the conflict in Donbass, the population of Gorlovka numbered more than 250,000 people. The settlement of Zaitsevo and the settlements of the mines named after Gagarin and 6/7, located on the outskirts, are subjected to the most frequent shelling here. 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 Donbas. On credit

