DONETSK, November 21. Ukrainian troops fired three 155-millimeter cluster shells at Gorlovka on Tuesday, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Military-Related Issues reported. crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
“Shelling from the armed formations of Ukraine was recorded in the direction: 19.30 – the settlement of Dzerzhinsk – the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): three shells of 155 millimeter caliber (cassette) were fired,” says a message published on the Telegram channel representative offices.
In addition, from 14.50 to 15.20, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired another 14 shells with calibers of 152 and 155 millimeters at Gorlovka and Donetsk.
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 populated areas of the DPR; before the start of the conflict in Donbass, the population of Gorlovka numbered more than 250 thousand people.
Cluster munitions are not equipped with self-destruction devices. According to the US military, from 5% to 14% of these ammunition may not explode at all, since they have been lying in warehouses for a long time. In this case, they will be mines that threaten civilians even after the end of the conflict.
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