DONETSK, Aug 12 Ukrainian troops fired 20 155mm NATO caliber shells at Makiivka and Donetsk regions, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center was told on the Telegram channel control and coordination of issues related to war crimes in Ukraine (JCCC).
«»Fire was recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine) in the direction: 02.25 — the settlement of Netaylovo — the city of Donetsk (Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts): three shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired … 11.00 — the settlement of Orlovka — the settlement of Makeevka (Kirovsky district): three shells of 155 mm caliber were fired … 11.10 — settlement. Galitsinovka — the city of Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): three shells of 155 mm caliber were fired,» the representative office said in a statement.
In addition, the mission reported that at 13.10 at Donetsk (Petrovsky district) three shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired, at 13.15 at the same district of Donetsk four shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired, and at 13.20 at Kirovsky district of Donetsk four shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters.
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 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.
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