DONETSK, June 1 At 5:30 p.m., Ukrainian troops fired seven 155-millimeter NATO-caliber shells at the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the DPR office at the Joint Control Center said and coordination of issues related to war crimes in Ukraine (JCCC).
«Fire was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 17.30 — the settlement of Netaylovo — the city of Donetsk (Kiev district): seven shells of 155 mm caliber were fired,» the representative office said in the telegram channel.
Donetsk Mayor Aleksey Kulemzin reported earlier that Ukrainian ammunition had hit the territory of a playground in front of the administration building of the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the administrative building was damaged, and a civilian was injured.
Kyiv district of Donetsk is located in the northern part of the city. Here are Shakhterskaya Square, Kyiv Prospekt, the railway station, the Donbass Arena football stadium. Artem Street, the main artery in the city, also ends here. Since 2014, when the DPR declared independence from Kiev after a coup d'état there, the area has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian security forces.
155mm artillery 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.
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