DONETSK, January 30 Ukrainian troops shelled Gorlovka and the village of Shirokaya Balka, firing a total of 10 NATO-caliber 155-mm projectiles, the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
«After 00:00 shelling was recorded from the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 07:00 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Dzerzhinsk — the settlement of Horlivka (Nikitovsky district): six shells of 155 mm caliber were fired,» the report says. Department's Telegram channel.
Besides, at 07:10 the Ukrainian military fired four shells of the same caliber at the village of Shirokaya Balka.
Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers to the north of Donetsk, the chemical concern «Stirol» and coal mining enterprises are located in the city. This is one of the largest settlements in the DPR, before the start of the conflict in the Donbass, the population of Gorlovka numbered more than 250 thousand people.
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.