Go to the media bank The stele at the entrance to Gorlovka. Archival photoDONETSK, Sept. 3 A school building in Gorlovka was damaged by shelling from Ukrainian troops, Mayor Ivan Prikhodko said. «As a result of a direct hit by a Ukrainian shell on the roof, school No. (village of the mine named after N. A. Izotov, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka),» Prikhodko wrote in the Telegram channel. Earlier on Saturday, the DPR defense headquarters reported damage to two schools in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk during shelling by Ukrainian troops. Gorlovka is located at 40 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 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». weapons
