Stela at the entrance to Gorlovka. File photoDONETSK, June 30 Ivan Prikhodko, mayor of Gorlovka in the DPR, said that despite the shelling by Ukrainian troops, the last 24 hours were the calmest since February 24. «Despite everything, perhaps the most calm days, starting from February 24,» the mayor said in his Telegram channel. resident According to the statistics he cited, since February 24, Ukrainian troops have shelled Horlivka 4416 times, while 19 times in a day. A total of 30 people were killed, another 151 were injured. Gorlovka has been under the control of the DPR since 2014, 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.
