DONETSK, Jan 11 Civilian in Gorlovka (DPR) died from wounds received during shelling by Ukrainian troops, said the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko.
On Wednesday morning, the representative office of the DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported that Ukrainian troops fired 14 155-mm shells at Horlivka in 15 minutes. Prikhodko said earlier that one civilian was injured during the shelling.
«A civilian from Gorlovka, wounded as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces … died from injuries incompatible with life,» Prikhodko wrote in his Telegram channel.
Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, the city is home to the Stirol chemical concern and coal mining enterprises. This is one of the largest settlements in the DPR, before the start of the conflict in the Donbass, the population of Gorlovka numbered more than 250 thousand people.