DONETSK, Mar 13At 4:25 p.m., Ukrainian troops fired ten 155-millimeter NATO-caliber shells at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
of the armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 16.25 — the settlement of Karlovka — the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): 10 shells of 155 mm caliber were fired,» the representative office said in the 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. The northern outskirts of the region is considered to be the airport, which was completely destroyed as a result of many months of fighting between the Ukrainian military besieged there and the Donetsk militias who stormed their positions.
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.
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