The buildings of the administration and post office in Golmovsky were damaged by the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Consequences of shelling in Donbass. File photoDONETSK, June 6The buildings of the village administration, post offices and a number of residential buildings were damaged in the Gorlovka village of Golmovsky in the Donetsk People's Republic as a result of shelling by Ukrainian troops, said Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko. shells exploded near a two-story house at 4 Shkolnaya Street, the buildings of the village administration and the post office of the State Enterprise «Post of Donbass» (Voroshilovgradskaya Street 4) were damaged,» Prikhodko wrote in his Telegram channel. He noted that there was an intensive shelling of the village from the positions of the Ukrainian troops. The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR in its Telegram channel specified that as a result of the shelling of the village, a number of houses were damaged along the streets of the Soviet Army and Stepan Babiy. Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, in the city there are chemical concern «Stirol» and coal-mining enterprises. Gorlovka is one of the largest settlements in the DPR, it 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. 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. What Ukrainian artillerymen did in Donbass