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DONETSK, June 6 Ukrainian troops fired ten NATO-caliber 155-millimeter shells at a number of districts of Donetsk, the office said DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
«Fire was recorded from the VFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the following directions: 18.30 — the settlement of Lastochkino — the city of Donetsk (Kiev district): five shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired; 18.45 — the settlement of Zhelannoye Vtoroy — the city of Donetsk (Kirov district) : five shells of 155 mm caliber were fired,» the message of the representative office in the telegram channel says.
In addition, Ukrainian troops fired 20 shells of 152 mm caliber at Horlivka.
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 airport is considered to be the northern outskirts of the region, completely destroyed as a result of many months of fighting between the Ukrainian military besieged there and the Donetsk militias who stormed their positions.
Kirovskiy district is located in the south-west of Donetsk, adjacent to the Petrovsky district.
Artillery of 155 mm caliber is used by NATO countries. The United States supplied Kyiv 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.