DONETSK, Aug 28Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian troops have fired sixteen NATO-caliber 155-millimeter shells in the areas of Donetsk and Yasinovataya, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported on Monday in a Telegram channel.
«After 00.00 shelling was recorded from the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 00.10 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Netaylovo — the city of Donetsk (Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts): 4 shells of 155 mm caliber were fired … 00.15 — the settlement of Netaylovo — city of Donetsk (Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts): 3 shells of 155 mm caliber were fired,» the representative office said in a statement.
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According to the department, at 00.50 and 8.45 six more shells were fired at Kievsky and Petrovsky districts, at 07.05 Yasinovataya was shelled with three of the same shells.
Kuibyshevsky district is located in the west of Donetsk, Kyiv — 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.
Petrovsky district of Donetsk is located on the western outskirts of the administrative center of the DPR, 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.
Yasinovataya is located about 25 kilometers north of Donetsk and houses the largest railway station in the former USSR.
Artillery of 155 mm caliber is used by NATO countries. The United States 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.
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