DONETSK, July 8 Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk and Svitlodarsk, firing 13 shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and coordination of issues related to war crimes in Ukraine (JCCC).
«After 00:00 (coincides with Moscow time) shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the directions: 00.10 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Maksimilyanovka — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): five shells of 155 mm caliber were fired … 03.10 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Dyleevka — the settlement of Svetlodarsk: three shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired … 05.30 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Maksimilyanovka — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): five shells with a caliber of 155 were fired millimeters,» the mission said.
Petrovsky district is located on the western outskirts of Donetsk, it is the most distant part of the city from the center. Since 2014, when the DPR declared independence from Kyiv, this area, starting from the line of contact outside the city of Marinka, has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian security forces.
155 mm artillery 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.