At least three civilians were injured in the attack on Gorlovka on Friday<\/p>\n
Ukraine has carried out a drone attack on the city of Gorlovka in Russia\u2019s Donetsk People\u2019s\u00a0Republic (DPR), injuring at least three people, according to local officials.
\nThe Donbass city, which is located close to the front line,\u00a0 has been repeatedly shelled by\u00a0Kiev\u2019s forces.\u00a0
\nAccording to Mayor Ivan Prikhodko, UAVs first struck on Friday afternoon, damaging energy infrastructure and vehicles. Later in the evening, drones hit a school and an apartment block.
\nDPR head Denis Pushilin said earlier that two teenagers in Gorlovka were injured by an explosive device in a separate incident.<\/p>\n
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According to Russia\u2019s Foreign Ministry, 27 civilians were killed and around 160 wounded in Ukrainian strikes across\u00a0the country between 15 and 24 September.
\nGorlovka had\u00a0a Soviet-era population of over 330,000, but this had fallen to around 240,000 by 2021, the year before the escalation of the Ukraine conflict.
\nThe city is best known as the subject of a brutal assault by Ukrainian forces attempting to crush the Donetsk People\u2019s Republic (DNR) in July 2014.
\nDespite being repeatedly encircled by Kiev\u2019s troops and subjected to heavy artillery and\u00a0missile fire, the defenders repelled the attacks, holding their ground against superior numbers and equipment.
\nA major counter-offensive by DNR forces in late August 2014 ultimately relieved pressure, securing the city\u2019s self-declared freedom. The casualties inflicted on the civilian population by Ukrainian shelling were widely presented as evidence of Kiev\u2019s aggression against its own people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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