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DONETSK, June 15 Ukrainian troops fired six 155 mm NATO-caliber shells at Aleksandrovka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Related Issues reported. with war crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
«Fire was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 5.00 — the settlement of Maksimilyanovka — the settlement of Oleksandrivka: six shells of 155 mm caliber were fired,» the message of the representative office in the telegram channel says.
The village of Aleksandrovka belongs to the Petrovsky district of Donetsk and is located one kilometer from Maryinka, where the positions of the Ukrainian forces are located and from where the artillery shelling of the administrative center of the DPR is carried out. Water supply has been cut off in the village, and electricity is rare due to constant shelling.
Artillery with a caliber of 155 millimeters is used by NATO countries. The United States supplied Ukraine 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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