DONETSK, March 12 Ukrainian troops shelled the Kievsky, Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk on Sunday, a total of ten shells were fired, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues reports related to war crimes in Ukraine (JCCC).
«Fire was recorded from the VFU in the direction: 11.20 — the settlement of Ocheretino — the city of Donetsk (Kiev district): 3 shells with a caliber of 155 mm were fired … 12.45 — the settlement of Kurakhovo — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district ): fired 4 shells with a caliber of 155 mm … 12.40 — settlement Netaylovo — Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): fired 3 shells with a caliber of 152 mm, «the message of the representative office in the Telegram channel says.
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.
Earlier, the DPR representative office in the JCCC informed that at 9:17 local time on Sunday, Ukrainian security forces from the village of Orlovka fired six rockets from the MLRS at the Budyonnovsky and Kalininsky districts of Donetsk. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR reported that employees of the department arrived at the scene of the shelling. The mayor of Donetsk Oleksiy Kulemzin said that a woman was wounded as a result of the shelling.