DONETSK, June 16 Ukrainian troops fired 11 NATO-caliber 155mm shells on Donetsk and Makeevka on Friday, the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination reported. issues related to war crimes in Ukraine (JCCC).
«Fire was recorded from the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: May 19 — Orlovka settlement — Makeevka settlement (Chervonogvardeisky district): five shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired; May 19 — Orlovka settlement — the city of Donetsk (Kyivskyi district): six shells of 155 mm caliber were fired,» the representative office said in a message on the Telegram channel.
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.