Consequences of shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops. File photoDONETSK, Aug 12On Friday, Ukrainian troops shelled the Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv districts of Donetsk three times in an hour on Friday, firing a total of three 152-millimeter caliber shells and eight 155-millimeter NATO shells, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire said. Fire was recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 00.02 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Krasnogorovka — the city of Donetsk (Kirov district): three shells with a caliber of 152 mm were fired; 00.20 — the settlement of Orlovka — the city of Donetsk ( Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv districts): four shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired; 00.40 — the settlement of Netaylovo — the city of Donetsk (Kirov district): four shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired,» the representative office said in the Telegram channel. The Kievsky district of Donetsk is located in the northern parts of the city. Here are Shakhterskaya Square, Kyiv Prospekt, the railway station, the Donbass Arena football stadium. Artem Street, the main artery in the city, also ends here. Since 2014, when the DNR declared independence from Kyiv following a coup d'état there, the area has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian security forces. The airport, which was destroyed as a result of many months of fighting between the Ukrainian military besieged there and the Donetsk militias who stormed their positions, is considered to be the northern outskirts of the region. 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, killing civilians. jpg» />AFU again fired at Yasinovataya with shells of 152 mm caliber
