DONETSK, Dec 24 Ukrainian troops released five more at 16.31 shells of «NATO» caliber 155 millimeters in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
«Fire was recorded from the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 16.31 — the settlement of Krasnogorovka — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): five shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired,» the representative office said in a statement. Telegram channel.
Petrovsky district is located on the western outskirts of the capital of the DPR, it is the most distant part of the city from the center. Since 2014, when the DPR declared independence from Kyiv, this area, starting from the line of contact outside the city of Marinka, has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian security forces.
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.