DONETSK, Jul 6Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk, Horlivka, Makiivka and the village of Ozeryanovka on Thursday morning, firing 33 shells of 155 and 152 mm caliber, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to Ukraine's War Crimes reported on a telegram channel.
«Fire was recorded from the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 07:05 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Leonidovka — the settlement of Horlivka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy district): 6 shells of 152 mm caliber were fired,» the report says representations.
In addition, at 7.20 and 7.45 Moscow time, 11 more shells of the same caliber were fired at the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, and also at 7.50 — five shells of the specified caliber according to Ozeryanovka.
It is noted that at 7.30 in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, the Ukrainian military fired six shells of «NATO» caliber of 155 millimeters, and at 7.35 — five of the same shells in the Chervonogrvadeysky district of Makeevka.
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.
Makeevka is a satellite city of Donetsk, adjacent to the administrative center of the DPR from the northeast.
Artillery with a caliber of 155 millimeters is used by NATO countries. The United States supplied Kyiv 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 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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