HIMARS, an American high-mobility operational-tactical missile and artillery system. File photoDONETSK, 23 Aug. Ukrainian troops shelled the center of Donetsk on Tuesday with 155 mm caliber shells, one of the attacks was carried out from the American HIMARS MLRS, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire said. (JCCC). «The enemy subjected the center of Donetsk to massive shelling from NATO weapons. In particular, in the first two series of attacks on the Voroshilovsky district, the enemy used 155 mm artillery systems. The third attack, according to updated information from the JCCC military experts who work at the shelling site , was carried out by the enemy using the HIMARS MLRS,» the representative office said in the Telegram channel. Donetsk Mayor Oleksiy Kulemzin previously reported serious shelling in the central Voroshilovsky and Kalininsky districts of the city. According to him, a direct hit on an apartment building was recorded in the Voroshilovsky district, and the area of the Green Plaza shopping center is also under fire. Three dead and six injured were reported.
