This was reported by the official representative of the IC Svetlana Petrenko.

“According to the investigation, on July 11, the Ukrainian security forces conducted another shelling of residential areas in Gorlovka. As a result, a 69-year-old civilian died in her apartment ... a criminal case was initiated ... "The use of prohibited means and methods of warfare," said her statement, which was published on the department's website.

Petrenko noted that the Ukrainian military systematically violate the cease-fire and the norms of international humanitarian law on the protection of civilians during war.

Earlier, the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said about the critical deterioration of the situation on the contact line in the south of the republic.