DONETSK, June 18 Ukrainian troops for one and a half hours, they fired 11 shells of 155 mm caliber at the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
«Fire was recorded from the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 18:30 — the settlement of Galitsinovka — the city of Donetsk (Kirov district): 6 shells of 155 mm caliber were fired; 20:00 — the settlement of Maksimilyanovka — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts): 5 shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired,» the representative office said in a statement.
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.