The DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports this.
“Shelling was recorded from the AFU in the direction: 16:10 - the settlement of Dzerzhinsk - the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district).
Three 155 mm caliber shells were fired,” the department reports on Telegram.
In addition, after 15 minutes, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired two 155 mm caliber shells in the direction Dzerzhinsk - Gorlovka (Kalininsky district).
Earlier, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin said that the number of deaths as a result of shelling of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk by the Ukrainian Armed Forces had increased to 25.
According to the first deputy permanent representative of Russia to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, the Ukrainian army’s attack on Donetsk will be discussed at a meeting of the Security Council of the world organization on January 22.