Stela at the entrance to Gorlovka. File photoDONETSK, February 28 Ukrainian troops shelled Gorlovka and the settlement of Zaitsevo (southern), the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) reported. According to the representative office, shelling was recorded in 08.25 and 08.27. 10 shells with a caliber of 152 millimeters and 17 mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters were fired at the settlements of the DPR. Since 2014, the settlement of Gorlovka has been under the control of the Donetsk People's Republic, located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk. On the territory of the city there are coal mining enterprises and the chemical concern Stirol. Gorlovka is one of the largest cities in the DPR. 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 thousand people. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, which had declared independence from Kyiv back in 2014, and on February 24 announced the start of a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine . In an address to fellow citizens, he said that the circumstances «require decisive and immediate action,» since the Donbass republics turned to Moscow for help. Later, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation emphasized that the Russian military does not inflict any strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure is disabled with high-precision means. content/uploads/2022/02/a52999dcfe575ea05c08ab9c14dd8170.jpg» />The genocide Europe laughs at Posted by Olga Fomchenkova
