A residential building in Horlivka damaged by shelling. File photoDONETSK, June 8 Ukrainian troops fired eight 120mm caliber mines at Horlivka at 5:20 pm Moscow time, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) said. from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 17.20 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Leninskoe — the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): eight mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters were fired,» the message of the representative office in the Telegram channel says The DPR office in the JCCC earlier on Wednesday reported three attacks on Gorlovka by Ukrainian troops using mines and shells of 60, 82 and 122 mm caliber. Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, the city is home to the Stirol chemical concern and coal mining enterprises. 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 the mines named after Gagarin and «6/7». tribunal
