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DONETSK, April 13 Ukrainian troops fired 11 shells of 155 mm caliber in Donetsk in 20 minutes, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic reported on its Telegram channel at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
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«Fire was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 09.40 (coincides with Moscow time — ed.) — the settlement of Thin — the city of Donetsk (Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts): four shells of 155 millimeters were fired», — the representative office reported.
In addition, at 10.00 Moscow time, Ukrainian troops fired seven 155-mm shells at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
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.
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