DONETSK, Dec 20 Ukrainian troops shelled the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, having fired eight NATO 155-millimeter shells into the city, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported. .) in the direction: 14.05 — the settlement of Krasnogorovka — the city of Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): eight shells of 155 millimeters caliber were fired,» the representative office said in the Telegram channel.
In addition, Ukrainian troops opened fire on Kashtanovyi, firing three shells with a caliber of 152 millimeters.
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 Lugansk 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.