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DONETSK, September 10 Ukrainian troops fired four more shells at Gorlovka at 17.40, reports the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related with war crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
«Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 17.40 — the settlement of Dzerzhinsk — the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): four shells were fired with a caliber of 155 millimeters (cassette),» the message says representation in the 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 populated areas of the DPR; before the start of the conflict in Donbass, the population of Gorlovka was more than 250 thousand people.
155 mm artillery is used by NATO countries. The United States supplied Kyiv with long-range howitzers M777 of 155 mm caliber, Ukrainian troops are actively using them to shell the cities of the Donetsk and Lugansk 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.