DONETSK, Jan 3 Ukrainian troops shelled areas again on Tuesday Donetsk and Makiivka, firing a total of 26 «NATO» 155mm caliber shells in ten minutes, the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) said on Tuesday.
«Fire was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 16.25 — the settlement of Lastochkino — the settlement of Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): 10 shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired; 16.30 — the settlement of Karlovka — the city of Donetsk (Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts ): fired eight shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters; 16.35 — the settlement of Orlovka — the settlement of Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): eight shells of a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired,» the representative office said in a message on the Telegram channel.
In addition, Ukrainian troops fired five shells with a caliber of 152 mm at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
Makeevka is a satellite city of Donetsk, adjoining the capital of the DPR from the northeast. Chervonogvardeisky district is located in the western part of the city.
Kyiv district of Donetsk is located in the northern part of the city. Here are Shakhterskaya Square, Kyiv Prospekt, the railway station, the Donbass Arena football stadium. Artem Street, the main artery in the city, also ends here. Since 2014, when the DNR declared independence from Kyiv following a coup d'état there, the area has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian security forces. The airport, which was destroyed as a result of many months of battles between the Ukrainian military besieged there and the Donetsk militias who stormed their positions, is considered to be the northern outskirts of the region.
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.