DONETSK, 27 Aug. Within five minutes, Ukrainian troops fired 17 rockets from MLRS at Donetsk and Makiivka, the DPR representation in the Joint Center for Control and coordination of issues related to war crimes in Ukraine (JCCC).
«Fire was recorded from the AFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the following directions: 12.40 — the settlement of Orlovka — the city of Donetsk (Kiev district): five rockets were fired from the MLRS; 12.40 — the settlement of Orlovka — the settlement of Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district): five missiles were fired from the MLRS,» the office said in a statement.
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MLRS type is not specified. The consequences are not yet known.
In addition, in less than an hour between 11.45 and 12.35, Ukrainian troops fired eight shells of 155 mm caliber at Makiivka and five shells of the same caliber at Kievskoe Donetsk region.
Later, it became known about new shelling of Donetsk and Makeevka from the MLRS. «12.45 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Orlovka — the city of Donetsk (Kiev region): three rockets were fired from the MLRS… MLRS,» the representative office said in a telegram channel.
Kyiv district of Donetsk is located in the northern part of the city. Since 2014, when the DNR declared independence from Kyiv following a coup d'état there, the area has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian security forces. The airport is considered to be the northern outskirts of the region, completely destroyed as a result of many months of fighting between the Ukrainian military besieged there and the Donetsk militias who stormed their positions.
Makeevka is a satellite city of Donetsk, adjacent to it from the northeast. In 2014, the population of Makiivka was about 350,000 people.
155mm artillery is used by NATO countries. The United States has supplied Ukraine 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.