DONETSK, September 16 In two hours, Ukrainian troops fired 3 shells of 155 mm caliber at Makeyevka and 4 cluster shells of the same caliber at Golmovsky in the DPR, reported in telegram -channel representative of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
«After 00:00, shelling was recorded from the AFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 06:00 — the settlement of Semyonovka — the settlement of Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): 3 shells of 155 mm caliber were fired; 08: 15 — the settlement of Dzerzhinsk — the settlement of Golmovsky: 4 shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters (cassette) were fired,” the message says.
155 mm artillery is used by NATO countries. The United States supplied Ukraine 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.
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