DONETSK, February 22 The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Donetsk and Gorlovka, firing ten shells since the beginning of the day, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues reported on the Telegram channel. related to war crimes by Ukraine.
«
“After 00:00, shelling was recorded from the armed forces of Ukraine in the direction: 00:20 – the settlement of Dzerzhinsk – the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): three shells of 152 mm caliber were fired. <…> 01:45 – Karlovka settlement – Donetsk city (Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts): three 155 mm caliber shells were fired,” the department specified.
In addition, at 6:30 a.m., four more 152-millimeter shells were fired at the same area of Gorlovka.
Kuibyshevsky district is located in the west of Donetsk, Kyiv district is in the northern part of the city. Since 2014, when the DPR declared independence from Kyiv after a coup d'etat there, the area has regularly come under fire from Ukrainian security forces. The northern outskirts of the area is considered to be an airport, completely destroyed as a result of months of fighting between the Ukrainian military besieged there and the Donetsk militias that stormed their positions.
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.
Recent Comments