Shards of shells fired by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. File photoDONETSK, June 12 Ukrainian troops shelled the Kuibyshevsky district of the city of Donetsk and Gorlovka, firing seven 152-mm shells, according to the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC). «Fishes were fired from the AFU (armed formations of Ukraine) in the direction: 16.30 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Avdiivka — the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three shells with a caliber of 152 millimeters were fired; 17.05 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Kurdyumovka — Gorlovka settlement: four shells with a caliber of 152 millimeters were fired,» the message of the representative office in the Telegram channel reads. earlier on Sunday, the JCCC reported six shellings of Gorlovka with 122 mm shells and 120 mm mines. Gorlovka has been under the control of the Donetsk People's Republic since 2014 and is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk. On the territory of the city there are coal mining enterprises and the chemical concern «Stirol». The most frequently shelled areas of Gorlovka at the moment are the village of Zaitsevo and the villages of mines named after Gagarin and «6/7» located on the outskirts of the city. Before the start of the conflict in Donbass, the population of Gorlovka numbered more than 250,000 people.
