Go to the media bankShell fragments. File photoDONETSK, Oct 2During the night, Ukrainian troops shelled Gorlovka, Makiivka and Yakovlevka four times, including with NATO-caliber artillery, according to the Telegram channel of the Donetsk People's Republic representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine. The first shelling after midnight began at 01:13, the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka came under fire. «Three 155-millimeter caliber shells were fired,» the publication says. 20 minutes later, an attack on the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeyevka followed — three more of the same shells. At 02:10 a.m., the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired four 122-mm shells at the Nikitovsky district of Horlivka, and at 02:29 a.m. — five 152-mm shells at Yakovlevka.The shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will continue after becoming part of Russia, the DNRZ said over the past day, seven people were killed and ten were injured during shelling by the Ukrainian army. Artillery of 155 mm caliber is in service with NATO. In particular, these are American M-777 howitzers, German PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery mounts, Polish Krab self-propelled guns and French CAESAR self-propelled guns. The United States and its allies supplied Kyiv with a large number of these weapons, which the Armed Forces of Ukraine use primarily for shelling cities and towns in Donbass. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its task «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the president, the ultimate goal of the operation is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that guarantee the security of Russia itself. From September 23 to 27, referendums on joining Russia were held in the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, in the Kherson and liberated territories of the Zaporozhye region. The vast majority of those who voted were in favour. On September 30, Putin and the heads of the regions signed agreements on the admission of new territories to Russia. Ukraine
