DONETSK, March 10 the Donetsk region, firing five shells of the «NATO» caliber of 155 millimeters, 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 AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 17.30 — the settlement of Ocheretino — the city of Donetsk (Kyevsky district): five shells of 155 mm caliber were fired,» the representative office said in its Telegram- channel.
Kyiv district of Donetsk is located in the northern part of the city. 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.
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.