DONETSK, March 20 In 10 minutes, Ukrainian troops fired 11 shells of 155 mm caliber at the Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Control Center said and coordination of issues related to war crimes in Ukraine (JCCC).
«Fire was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 15.25 (coincides with Moscow time — ed.) — the settlement of Zhelannoye first — the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five shells of 155 mm caliber were fired» , — the message of the representative office in its telegram channel says.
In addition, at 15.35 Ukrainian troops fired six shells of 155 mm caliber at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
155 mm artillery 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.