Go to the media bankShell fragments. File photoDONETSK, Oct 17 Ukrainian troops fired 12 shells at Donetsk and Yasinovataya, including 155mm caliber, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to Ukraine's War Crimes reported. «Fire was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine) in the direction: 11.38 (coincides with Moscow time — ed.) — the settlement of Orlovka — the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired,» the department said in its statement. Telegram channel.
The main target is not Ukraine at all and not even the West shells with a caliber of 152 millimeters, and at 12.15 Moscow time along Yasinovataya — four shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters. Yasinovataya is located about 25 kilometers north of Donetsk, in it is the largest railway station in the former USSR. To the west of the city, which has been controlled by the DPR since 2014, in the direction of Avdiivka, there has been a line of contact with the combat positions of Ukrainian troops for almost eight years. 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, 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. 17:18InfographicsInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
