DONETSK, Dec 7 Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk and the village of Golmovsky near Gorlovka, firing 12 shells with a caliber of 152 and 155 millimeters, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported. Druzhba — the settlement of Golmovsky: 5 shells with a caliber of 152 millimeters were fired … 16.30 — the settlement of Netaylovo — the city of Donetsk (Kyiv district): 4 shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired … 16.38 — the settlement of Krasnogorovka — the city of Donetsk (Kirov district): 3 shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired,» the ministry said in its Telegram channel.
Artillery with a caliber of 155 millimeters is used by NATO countries. The United States supplied Kyiv with long-range M777 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 Ukrainian 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.