A ruined house in the town of Popasna, which came under the control of the troops of the Luhansk People's Republic. Archival photoPOPASNAYA (LPR), Jun 24 Ukrainian military shelling the city of Popasnaya in the LPR from American M777 howitzers, and they are firing using cluster munitions banned in a number of countries, said the commander of the military unit of the People's Militia of the DPR, controlling the city and its environs, a lieutenant colonel with the call sign «Sochi». p class=»vjs-no-js»>Your browser does not support this video format.
According to him, these artillery shells cause great destruction to the city — entire entrances of nine-story buildings collapse or burn out. buildings continued to burn. «Sochi» also showed journalists a large funnel in one of the central squares — about 20 meters in diameter and about 8 meters deep. jpg» />Basurin: more civilians of the DPR have been dying recently than the military»We don't know for sure what kind of projectile, but, apparently, it's imported,» the commander said. According to him, there are several similar craters in the city. The commander also clarified that Popasnaya is being fired from two sides — from Lisichansk and from Artemovsk. including in the cassette modification Block II. Whether they are used in Donbass is still unknown.
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