DONETSK, Sep 3 Ukrainian troops fired two 155-millimeter cluster shells at the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Related Issues reports. with war crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
«Fire was recorded from the VFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 08.50 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Dzerzhinsk — the settlement of Horlivka (Nikitovsky district): two shells of 155 millimeters caliber (cassette) were fired» , — the representative office reports in its telegram channel.
Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, the city is home to the Stirol chemical concern and coal mining enterprises. This is one of the largest settlements in the DPR, before the start of the conflict in the Donbass, the population of Gorlovka numbered more than 250 thousand people.
155 mm artillery 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.