Consequences of shelling in Horlivka. Archival photoDONETSK, June 10.Ukrainian troops fired 17 122-mm shells in five minutes at the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire said. formations of Ukraine in the following directions: 13.15 (coincides with Moscow time — ed.) — the village of Mayorsk — the village of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): ten shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired; Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): seven shells of 122 mm caliber were fired,» the representative office reports in its Telegram channel. Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, the Stirol chemical concern and coal mining enterprises are located in the city. 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 settlements of Zaitsevo and the settlements of the mines named after Gagarin and «6/7», located on the outskirts, are most frequently shelled here.
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