DONETSK, Sep 2In half an hour, Ukrainian troops fired eight more 155-millimeter NATO-caliber cluster shells into the regions of Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported on its Telegram channel.
«Fire was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 10.05 — the settlement of Kurakhovka — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): two shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters (cassette) were fired … 10.30 — the settlement of Kurakhovka — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): three shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters (cassette) were fired.
In addition, between 10:00 and 10:45 a.m., Ukrainian troops fired a total of 10 NATO-caliber 155-millimeter shells at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, three shells of the same caliber at Gorlovka, and four 152-millimeter shells at Golmovsky.
155 mm artillery 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.