Natural Citizen
Banned
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2012
- Messages
- 16,463
Over 30 civilians killed during two days of shelling in Gorlovka, E. Ukraine (VIDEO)...
Continued - Over 30 civilians killed during two days of shelling in Gorlovka, E. Ukraine (VIDEO)
Aside - Kiev's bloody eastern Ukraine campaign LIVE UPDATES
Spin - Sen. Rand Paul: U.S. Must Take Strong Action Against Putin’s Aggression
Two days of shelling in Gorlovka, in the Donetsk region of Eastern Ukraine, have resulted in 31 civilians being killed there, local authorities say. Ukrainian troops and anti-government forces are blaming each other for the bloodshed.
Ukraine civil war death toll 1,100, over 3,500 wounded - UN
“Over the past 24 hours 17 residents of Gorlovka, including three children, have been killed in the center of the town, which got under artillery fire. 43 civilians have been wounded,”Itar-Tass reported the press service of the Gorlovka city administration as saying.
A day earlier, the Donetsk region administration said that 14 civilians, including five children, had being killed in Sunday’s shelling of Gorlovka.
Survivors of the attacks say they’ve gotten accustomed to spending most of their day hiding in basements.
“People have moved here with children, families,” a crying woman in one of such hideouts told RT’s Ruptly video agency. “It usually starts in the evening – from eight to twelve. Sometimes it just goes on around the clock.”
Several videos showing the destruction inflicted by the shelling in Gorlovka have emerged online. One of them shows a missile that almost hit a playground next to a church.
Some church buildings were damaged in Monday’s shelling as well.
Kiev shells Ukraine Orthodox Church compound in Gorlovka
A video titled, ‘Consequences of the morning shelling of Gorlovka’ features a destroyed shop in Gorlovka’s Stroitelei residential area.
“Fear and chill inside,” YouTube user Nina Zorkina said. “I was near that shop half an hour before the strike. That’s a residential area, no ‘terrorists’ here.”
Continued - Over 30 civilians killed during two days of shelling in Gorlovka, E. Ukraine (VIDEO)
Aside - Kiev's bloody eastern Ukraine campaign LIVE UPDATES
Recent Update: Tuesday, July 29
15:20 GMT: Kiev is ready for a cease-fire “now,” US Secretary of State John Kerry claimed, following a meeting with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin in Washington. Kerry added that President Petro Poroshenko is also ready to start talks with the militia in the southeast of the country.
15:06 GMT: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a telephone conversation with US State Secretary John Kerry has urged Washington to influence Kiev to achieve a prompt ceasefire and to start negotiations with southeast Ukraine.
Spin - Sen. Rand Paul: U.S. Must Take Strong Action Against Putin’s Aggression
Last edited: