Go to the media bankShell fragments. File photoDONETSK, Oct 21Ukrainian troops fired at the Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing a total of eight shells of «NATO» caliber of 155 millimeters, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported. VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 07.00 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Orlovka — the city of Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky districts): four shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired; 07.15 — the settlement of Orlovka — the city of Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky districts): four shells of 155 millimeters caliber were fired,» the representative office says in the Telegram channel. The Kievsky district of Donetsk is located in the northern part of the city. Here are Miner's Square, Kyiv Prospekt, the railway station, the Donbass Arena football stadium. Artem Street, the main artery in the city, also ends here. Since 2014, when the DNR declared independence from Kyiv following a coup d'état there, the area has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian security forces. The airport, destroyed as a result of many months of fighting between the Ukrainian military besieged there and the Donetsk militias who stormed their positions, is considered to be the northern outskirts of the region. 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
