DONETSK, May 28. From 06.05 to 07.50 Ukrainian troops fired 24 shells of «NATO» caliber 155 millimeters at the Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, as well as Makiivka, reported in the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
«Firing was recorded from the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 06.05 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Lastochkino — the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts): six shells of 155 mm caliber were fired … 07.20 — the settlement of Lastochkino — the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts): five shells of 155 mm caliber were fired… 07.45 — the settlement of Tonenkoye — the settlement of Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): six shells of 155 mm caliber were fired… 07.50 — the settlement of Netaylovo — the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts ): seven shells of 155 mm caliber were fired,» the ministry's telegram channel says.
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. Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk is located in the western part of the city. Kirovsky — in the southwest.
Makeevka is a satellite city of Donetsk, adjacent to it from the northeast. In 2014, the population of Makeevka was about 350 thousand people.
Artillery of 155 mm caliber is used by NATO countries. The United States has supplied Ukraine with long-range M777 howitzers of 155 mm caliber, 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.