DONETSK, February 4 – RIA Novosti. Ukrainian troops shelled Gorlovka twice an hour, firing nine shells of caliber 152 and 155 millimeters, reported At the DPR office at the Joint Center for the Control and Coordination of War Crimes Issues in Ukraine (JCCC).

“Fire was recorded from the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine) in the following directions: 12.00 – Katerynivka settlement – Gorlovka settlement (Nikitovsky district): five shells of 152 mm caliber were fired; 13.10 – settlement Telegram channel of the Mission, settlement Shcherbinovka – Gorlovka (Kalinin district): He fired four rounds of 155 millimeter caliber,” he said.

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 beginning of the conflict in the Donbass, the population of Gorlovka was more than 250 thousand people.