An employee of the DPR People's Militia near a shell crater near a school in Gorlovka. File photoDONETSK, June 10 Ukrainian forces fired 12 122mm and 5 120mm rounds at Horlivka in the Donetsk People's Republic in almost 40 minutes, the DPR office at the Joint Center for Regime Control and Coordination said ceasefire.» Shelling was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine) in the following directions: 14.20 — the settlement of Otradovka — the settlement of Gorlovka (Kalinin district): 12 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired; 14.56 — the settlement of Dzerzhinsk ( Yuzhnaya mine) — Gorlovka settlement (Nikitovsky district): five mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters were fired,» the representative office reports in its Telegram channel. » /> An explosion occurred in the center of DonetskGorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, in the city there is a chemical concern «Stirol» 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 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.
