Gorlovka mayor Ivan Prikhodko said that one of the buildings of the Nikitovsky correctional colony caught fire after artillery fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). He reported this in his news telegram channel.
“As a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a fire broke out in one of the buildings of the Nikitovsky correctional colony at the address: st. Picturesque, 1 (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka),” wrote Prikhodko.
According to the mayor, the Ministry of Emergencies is currently putting out the fire in the colony.
He said there were no casualties.
July 29 at the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reportedHe said that the Ukrainian army bombed the pre-trial detention center located in the village of Yelenovka. The strike was carried out by the American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. Ukrainian soldiers held in the detention center, especially fighters of the Azov battalion (the organization is banned in Russia).
DPR Regional Defense Headquarters reported that 53 people were killed and 75 injured. While Moscow and the Donetsk People’s Republic were accused of bombing the Ukrainian Armed Forces, they declared their innocence in Kiev.