A firefighter at the scene of a fire in a house damaged during the shelling of Gorlovka. File photoDONETSK, Aug 26 The number of people injured in the shelling of Horlivka by Ukrainian troops has risen to three, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the Donetsk People's Republic said on Friday. in Gorlovka, three people were wounded,» the headquarters said in the Telegram channel. Earlier on Friday, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported eight shelling of Gorlovka by Ukrainian troops, including with the use of shells of the «NATO» caliber of 155 millimeters. The mayor of the city, Ivan Prikhodko, said that two people were injured as a result of the shelling. 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 of 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. from ZNPP to Ukraine
