The consequences of shelling in the Donetsk region by Ukrainian troops. File photoDONETSK, Aug 20 Ukrainian troops shelled the Kyiv district of Donetsk and the village of Zaitsevo near Gorlovka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) reported. According to the representative office in the Telegram channel , shelling in the direction of the village of Zaitsevo was recorded at 19.45 and 19.50 (coincides with Moscow time), a total of eight shells with a caliber of 152 mm were fired. Kyiv district of Donetsk is located in the northern part of the city. Here are Shakhterskaya Square, Kyiv Prospekt, the railway station, the Donbass Arena stadium. Artem Street, the main artery in the city, also ends here. Since 2014, when the DNR declared independence from Kyiv following a coup d'état there, the area has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian security forces. The airport, which was destroyed as a result of many months of fighting between the Ukrainian military besieged there and the Donetsk militias who stormed their positions, is considered to be the northern outskirts of the region. Russian forces in Ukraine as of 20.08.2022
