DONETSK, June 10 At 13.20 Ukrainian troops fired 6 rockets from the MLRS at Ozeryanovka in the DPR, the DPR representation at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported. ), in the telegram channel.
«Fire was recorded from the AFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 13:20 — the settlement of Nelepovka — the settlement of Ozeryanovka: 6 rockets were fired from the MLRS,» the report says.
The mission also noted that during the period from 11.20 to 13.20 Ukrainian troops fired 16 shells of 155 mm caliber in Donetsk, 5 shells of 152 mm caliber in Holmovsky, 8 shells of the same caliber in Horlivka.
Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, the city is home to the Stirol chemical concern and coal mining enterprises. This is one of the largest settlements in the DPR, before the start of the conflict in the Donbass, the population of Gorlovka numbered more than 250 thousand people.
Artillery of 155 mm caliber is used by NATO countries. The United States has 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 Lugansk 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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