DONETSK, Jan 2 Ukrainian troops released in Donetsk and Makiivka 33 shells in 20 minutes, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
«Fire was recorded from the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 16.08 — the settlement of Orlovka — the city of Donetsk (Kyiv district): 5 shells of 155 mm caliber were fired; 16.10 — the settlement of Tonenkoe — the settlement of Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district): 4 were fired 155 mm shell… 16.17 — Lastochkino settlement — Makeevka settlement (Chervonogvardeysky district): 14 shells of 155 mm caliber were fired… 16.30 — Umanskoye settlement — Donetsk city (Kirov and Kuibyshevsky districts): 10 shells of 155 caliber were fired millimeters,» the department's telegram channel says.
Makeevka is a satellite city of Donetsk, adjacent to the capital of the DPR from the north-east.
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.