Go to Media BankWindow of a building damaged by APU strikes. File photoDONETSK, Oct 22Ukrainian troops again shelled Makiivka and areas of Donetsk, firing a total of seven 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. armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 12.48 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Orlovka — the city of Donetsk (Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts): three shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired; 13.10 — the settlement of Orlovka — the settlement of Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district) : four shells of 155 mm caliber were fired,» the mission's message on the Telegram channel says.Ukrainian troops again fired at Donetsk from the Grad MLRS. In addition, Ukrainian troops at 13.05 Moscow time fired five shots from a tank at Zaitsev. The Kiev region of Donetsk is located in the northern part of the city. Here are Shakhterskaya 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, which was 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. The Donetsk ring road passes through the eastern outskirts of the region, 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 Luhansk 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. Rubizhne in the LPR
