Go to the media bankShell fragments. File photoDONETSK, Sep 27In half an hour, Ukrainian troops fired 15 shells at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and the Central city district of Gorlovka, including NATO caliber 155 millimeters, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine said on Tuesday. shelling from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine) in the direction: 13.00 (coincides with Moscow time — ed.) — the settlement of Dzerzhinsk — the settlement of Horlivka (Central-city district): five shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired,» the ministry said in a statement. his Telegram channel.
«This is not a bluff»: the world listened to PutinThe department added that at 13.05 Moscow time Ukrainian troops fired three shells with a caliber of 152 mm in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, and at 13.30 Moscow time — seven shells with a caliber of 122 mm. Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, in the city there is a chemical concern «Stirol» and coal-mining enterprises. Gorlovka is one of the largest settlements of the DPR, it has been under the control of the republic since 2014. Before the start of the conflict in Donbass, the population of Gorlovka numbered more than 250,000 people. The settlement of Zaitsevo, located on the outskirts, and the settlements of the Gagarin and 6/7 mines, located on the outskirts, are subjected to the most frequent shelling. 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. The US has previously supplied Kyiv with long-range 155mm M777 howitzers, Ukrainian forces have already used them to shell cities, including Donetsk, killing civilians. />June 22, 17:18InfographicsInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
