DONETSK, Dec 29 The DPR, having fired six NATO-caliber 155-millimeter shells into the city, said the representative office of the republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
«Fire was recorded from the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 19.20 — the settlement of Avdiivka — the settlement of Yasinovataya: six shells of 155 mm caliber were fired,» the message of the representative office in the Telegram channel says.
Yasinovataya is located about 25 kilometers north of Donetsk and houses the largest railway station in the former USSR.
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.