Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk and Gorlovka

DONETSK, May 26.On Sunday evening, Ukrainian troops fired six NATO 155-mm caliber shells into the Petrovsky district of Donetsk and Gorlovka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
«Shelling was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Ukrainian armed forces — ed.) in the direction: 18.15 — the settlement of Dzerzhinsk — the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): two shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired… 18.30 — the settlement of Dzerzhinsk — the settlement of Gorlovka ( Nikitovsky district): two shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired… 18.40 — the village of Zhelannoye Second — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): two shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired,” says the messages published on the department’s Telegram channel.

Earlier it was reported that on Sunday Ukrainian troops repeatedly dropped explosive objects from drones on Gorlovka and once on the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. Also on Sunday, the department reported repeated shelling of Gorlovka and a number of areas of Donetsk by the Ukrainian Armed Forces with NATO 155-mm caliber shells.

Petrovsky district is located on the western outskirts of Donetsk, it 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.
Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, the city is home to the Stirol chemical concern and coal mining enterprises. This is one of the largest populated areas of the DPR; before the start of the conflict in Donbass, the population of Gorlovka numbered more than 250 thousand people.
155 mm artillery is used by NATO countries. The United States has 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 delivered by German self-propelled artillery installations PZH 2000, Polish SAU Krab and French SAU Caesar, using shells of such a caliber.