A residential building in Donetsk damaged by shelling. File photoDONETSK, July 5 At 12:00 Moscow time, Ukrainian troops fired 10 NATO-caliber 155-millimeter shells into Donetsk, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire said on Tuesday (JCCC).Earlier, the DPR representative office in the JCCC stated that on Tuesday, Ukrainian troops fired more than 100 NATO-caliber artillery rounds into Donetsk. Civilian resident died due to the shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops»Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine) in the direction: 12.00 (coincides with Moscow time — ed.) — the settlement of Pervomayskoye — the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv districts): 10 shells were fired with a caliber of 155 millimeters,» the representative office of the DPR said in its Telegram channel. Artillery 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 troops have already used them to shell cities, including Donetsk, resulting in civilian deaths.
