Consequences of the shelling of Makiivka in the DPR. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 6Ukrainian troops fired on Gorlovka and Makeyevka with 155-millimeter NATO shells, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported. the settlement of Orlovka — the settlement of Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): three shells of shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired… the shelling of Gorlovka was also recorded. At 10:15 p.m., Ukrainian troops fired five shells with a caliber of 155 mm at the Kalininsky district of the city. The Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeevka is located in the western part of the satellite city of the capital of the DPR. The Donetsk ring road passes through the eastern edge of the district, on the western one — along the line from the Shcheglovsky cemetery to the Donbass Arena stadium — it comes into contact with the Kievsky district of Donetsk, which has been regularly shelled by Ukraine since 2014.
Political scientist from Germany: Zelensky is not a «monkey with a gun», he is more dangerous Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, the Stirol chemical concern and coal mining enterprises are located in the city. 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. The United States supplied Kyiv with long-range M-777 howitzers with a caliber of 155 millimeters, Ukrainian troops are actively using them to shell the cities of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. Also, German PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery mounts, Polish Krab self-propelled guns and French CAESAR self-propelled guns using shells of this caliber were delivered to the Kyiv troops. 17:18InfographicsInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
