A residential building where a fire broke out as a result of shelling by the Donetsk Armed Forces. File photoDONETSK, June 18 At 11.40 a.m., Ukrainian troops again shelled the Kyiv district of Donetsk, firing another 15 NATO-used 155mm projectiles at it, the Donetsk People's Republic representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Cessation Regime said. shelling was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine) in the following directions: 09.30 — settlement Peski — Donetsk (Petrovsky district): four shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired; 11.40 — settlement Avdiivka — Donetsk (Kyivskyi district): 15 shells of 155 mm caliber were fired,» the ministry said on its Telegram channel. an employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations during the shelling of the city by the Armed Forces of UkraineArtillery with a caliber of 155 millimeters is used by NATO countries. Also in Ukraine, a wheeled self-propelled artillery mount «Bogdan» for such a caliber was developed and manufactured in a single copy. The United States has previously supplied Ukraine with long-range 155mm M-777 howitzers, Ukrainian forces have already used them to shell cities, including Donetsk, killing civilians. On Monday, Donetsk came under the heaviest shelling since 2015. Ukraine shelled almost all districts of the city, primarily Proletarsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky and Kyiv. In this regard, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said in an official appeal that the republic is asking Russia for «additional allied forces.» Mayor of Donetsk Oleksiy Kulemzin called the shelling of the city by Ukrainian troops on Monday one of the fiercest in the eight years of the conflict. — for the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
