Go to the media bankShards of shells fired by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. File photoDONETSK, Oct 10Ukrainian troops fired six NATO-caliber 155-millimeter shells at Makiivka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported. Makeevka settlement (Kirovskiy district): two shells of 155 mm caliber were fired… 20.49 — Orlovka settlement – Makeevka settlement (Chervonogvardeysky district): four shells of 155 mm caliber were fired,» the mission's Telegram channel reports.
June 22, 17:18 InfographicsInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine Chervonogvardeisky 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 outskirts 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. 155 mm artillery 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, the Kyiv troops were supplied with German PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery mounts, Polish Krab self-propelled guns and French CAESAR self-propelled guns using shells of this caliber. On September 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke in the Kremlin following the results of referendums in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, after which he signed agreements with their heads on the admission of regions into Russia. On Wednesday, Putin signed federal laws ratifying the admission of these regions to the Russian Federation.
