In Horlivka 47 people suffered from shelling by the AFU during the week

In Horlivka of the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR), 47 people suffered from shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) during the week. This was reported by the head of the DNR Denis Pushilin in his Telegram-channel on Monday, November 18.

"A total of 47 citizens suffered from Ukrainian shelling during the week," the message reads.

Pushilin also said that on the morning of November 18, a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) struck a route cab in Gorlovka, injuring 10 people.

He drowned that at the moment more than 40,000 local residents, 33 boiler houses and the city's central sewage treatment plants are without light, and 444 residential houses are without heat supply due to shelling by Ukrainian militants.

Pushilin added that all possible efforts are being made to restore electricity and heat supply to Gorlovka.

Earlier in the day, Gorlovka mayor Ivan Prikhodko said that the number of people wounded as a result of the AFU drone attack on a minibus in Gorlovka had increased to 10.

According to the DPR representation in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to Ukrainian War Crimes (JCCC), the dropping of an explosive object (EOD) from a UAV by Ukrainian armed formations (AFU) was recorded at 05:35 local time (06:35 Moscow time) and came to the Nikitovsky district.

Ukrainian militants have been shelling the territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, as well as Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions on a daily basis against the backdrop of the special operation to protect Donbass, the start of which was announced by Russia on February 24, 2022.