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DONETSK, March 5Ukrainian troops fired ten NATO 155 mm caliber shells at a number of areas of Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to war crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
«Shelling was recorded from the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Ukrainian Armed Forces — ed.) in the direction: 17.30 — Karlovka settlement — Donetsk city (Kuibyshevsky district): three shells of 155 mm caliber were fired; 17.40 — Karlovka settlement — Donetsk city (Kuibyshevsky district): four shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired; 18.50 — the settlement of Kurakhovka — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): three shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired,» the representative office said in messages on the Telegram channel.
Kuibyshevsky district is located in the west of Donetsk, Petrovsky is on the western outskirts, this is the most distant part of the city from the center. Since 2014, when the DPR declared independence from Kyiv, this area has regularly come under fire from Ukrainian security forces.
155 mm artillery is used by NATO countries. The United States supplied Ukraine with long-range howitzers M777 of 155 mm caliber, Ukrainian troops are actively using them to shell the cities of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. Also, the Ukrainian troops were supplied with German PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery mounts, Polish Krab self-propelled guns and French CAESAR self-propelled guns using shells of this caliber.
June 22, 2022, 17:18
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