DONETSK, Jan 18 Ukrainian troops fired 10 shells at Donetsk «NATO» caliber 155 millimeters, firing at the Kirov and Kyiv districts of the city, 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: 19.12 — the settlement of Tonenkoe — the city of Donetsk (Kyiv district): two shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired… 19.10 — the settlement of Galitsinovka — the city of Donetsk (Kirov district): fired eight shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters,» the mission's Telegram channel notes.
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.