Representative of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire. File photoDONETSK, May 5. Ukrainian troops shelled Gorlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic again on Thursday evening, firing six 122mm rounds, the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) said. .As Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko said on Thursday, a civilian was killed as a result of shelling by Ukrainian troops of the city.Volunteers in the DPR will deal with humanitarian issues and the restoration of infrastructure»Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 18.45 — the settlement of Novgorodskoye — the settlement of Gorlovka (the village of Lenin's mine), 6 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired «, — the representative office reported in its Telegram channel. Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, the Stirol chemical concern and coal mining enterprises are located in the city. 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 settlement of Zaitsevo and the settlements of the mines named after Gagarin and 6/7, located on the outskirts, are subjected to the most frequent shelling here. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
