MOSCOW, May 31. Ukrainian troops fired six NATO cluster shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters at Gorlovka, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center reported in the Telegram channel control and coordination of issues related to war crimes by Ukraine (JCCC).
«Shelling from the armed formations of Ukraine was recorded in the direction: 11.35 — the settlement of Dzerzhinsk — the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): three shells of 155 mm caliber (cassette) were fired; 12.40 — the settlement of Dzerzhinsk — the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): fired three shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters (cassette),” the publication says. 
< br />In addition, at 11:30, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired three shells of the same caliber at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, the city is home to the chemical concern «Stirol» and coal mining enterprises. This is one of the largest settlements in the DPR; before the conflict in Donbass, the population of Gorlovka was more than 250 thousand people.
Cluster munitions are not equipped with self-destruction devices. According to the American military, from 5% to 14% of these munitions may not explode at all, since they have been lying in warehouses for a long time. In this case, they will be mines that threaten the civilian population even after the end of the conflict.