Shell fragments. File photoDONETSK, 17 Aug. Ukrainian troops shelled Makiivka, Gorlovka, Shirokaya Balka and Zaytsevo (southern) in the DPR in half an hour, firing more than 40 heavy shells and mines, including NATO caliber 155 millimeters , reports the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire. «Fire was recorded from the armed formations of Ukraine in the following directions: 08:55 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Orlovka — the settlement of Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): released 3 shells with a caliber of 155 mm; 08:45 — the settlement of Novgorodskoe — the settlement of Shirokaya Balka: 4 mines with a caliber of 120 mm were fired,» the ministry's Telegram channel said. having fired nine shells with a caliber of 152 mm at the Nikitovsky and Kalininsky regions. At 09:00 and 09:15, Zaitsevo (Southern), located on the outskirts of Gorlovka, came under fire, 15 shells of 122 mm caliber and 10 shells of 152 mm caliber were fired at it. Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, the Stirol chemical concern and coal mining companies. 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 most frequent shelling here is on the outskirts of the village of Zaitsevo and the villages of mines named after Gagarin and «6/7″. 2022/08/f4de063a64678239ee9c1e7802bd1598.jpg» />June 22, 17:18InfographicInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
