DONETSK, June 18 From 10.35 to 12.15 Ukrainian troops fired 41 shells of «NATO» caliber of 155 millimeters in the regions of Donetsk, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) in the telegram channel.
«Fire was recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 10.35 — the settlement of Kurakhovka — the city of Donetsk (Kirov district): five shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired … 10.45 — the settlement of Kurakhovka — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts): six shells of 155 mm caliber were fired… 10.55 — the settlement of Netaylovo — the city of Donetsk (Kirov and Kuibyshevsky districts): eight shells of 155 mm caliber were fired… 11.00 — the settlement of Netaylovo — the city of Donetsk (Kirov and Petrovsky districts ): fired six shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters … 11.40 — the settlement of Netaylovo — the city of Donetsk (Kirov district): five shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired … 12.10 — the settlement of Orlovka — the city of Donetsk (Kiev district): five shells with a caliber were fired 155 millimeters… 12.15 — the settlement of Netaylovo — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts): six shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired,» the representative office said in a telegram channel.
Petrovsky district of Donetsk is located on the western outskirts of the administrative center of the DPR, this is the most distant part of the city from the center. Since 2014, when the DPR declared independence from Kyiv, the area has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian security forces.
Kyiv district of Donetsk is located in the northern part of the city. Here are Miner's Square, Kyiv Prospekt, the railway station, the Donbass Arena football stadium. Artem Street, the main artery of the city, also ends here. The area has also been regularly shelled since 2014. Its northern outskirts is considered to be the airport, which was 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. Kuibyshevsky district is located in the west of the city.
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 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.