An employee of the People's Militia of the DPR near a shell crater near a Gorlovka school. Archival photoDONETSK, June 10 At 9:08 Moscow time, Ukrainian troops fired heavy artillery at the city of Gorlovka in the DPR, firing 12 shells with a caliber of 152 mm, the republic's representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire regime reports.» Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 09:08 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Nikolaevka Vtoraya — the settlement of Gorlovka: 12 shells of 152 mm caliber were fired,» the message published in the Telegram channel of the representative office reads. Horlivka 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 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.
