Go to media bankAmmunition fragments found at the shelling site in Yelenovka. File photoDONETSK, Sep 19 Ukrainian troops shelled Yelenovka, firing NATO 155mm shells, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to Ukraine's War Crimes (JCCC) said.» Fire was recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 18.20 — the settlement of Novomikhailovka — the settlement of Yelenovka: two shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired,» the representative office said in a message on the Telegram channel. The urban-type settlement of Yelenovka is located approximately 10 kilometers south of Donetsk. It was in this village at the end of July that a Ukrainian strike from HIMARS on the colony killed 50 and wounded 73 Ukrainian prisoners of war. Artillery with a caliber of 155 millimeters is used by NATO countries. Also in Ukraine, a wheeled self-propelled artillery mount «Bogdan» was developed and manufactured in a single copy for such a caliber. Earlier, the United States supplied Kyiv with long-range M-777 155mm howitzers, Ukrainian troops have already used them to shell cities, including Donetsk, resulting in civilian deaths.
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