DONETSK, Jan 4 10 rockets from the MLRS to the Donetsk region, 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 side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 16.40 (coincides with Moscow time — ed.) — the settlement of Kurakhovo — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 rockets were fired from the MLRS,» the statement says in a message from the department in its Telegram channel.
Besides, at 16.05 Moscow time, Ukrainian troops fired six shells of 155 mm caliber at Panteleymonovka.
Petrovsky district of Donetsk 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 its independence from Kyiv, this area, starting from the line of contact outside the city of Marinka, has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian troops.
Panteleimonovka is located 38 kilometers from Donetsk, about halfway from the capital of the DPR to Gorlovka.
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.