Ukrainian military shelled Gorlovka in the Donbass, in order to eliminate the group living there Russian-speaking Residents, said the official authorized Investigation Department Vladimir Markin on Thursday. The Russian investigative Committee opened a case on Thursday after the shelling of Gorlovka by the security forces on may 26. "The investigators believe that the attackers aimed at the destruction of the national group of Russian-speaking people living in Donbass. However, they acted in violation of the Protocol to stop the use of weapons in the South-East of Ukraine and of the Memorandum to him, as well as the provisions of certain international conventions, among them the Convention on the rights of the child ", - said Markin.