DONETSK, August 17 Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk three times in 40 minutes, firing seven 155-millimeter shells at the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of the city, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
«»Shellion from the armed formations of Ukraine was recorded in the direction: 19.20 — the settlement of Kurakhovka — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 3 shells of 155 mm caliber… 19.30 — the settlement of Zhelannoye Vtoroye — the city of Donetsk (Kirovsky district): 2 shells of 155 mm caliber… 20.00 — the settlement of Kurakhovka — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 2 shells of 155 mm caliber,» says a message published on the department's Telegram channel. 
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Petrovsky district is located on the western outskirts of Donetsk, this is the most distant part of the city from the center. Since 2014, when the DPR declared independence from Kyiv, this area has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian security forces.
155-millimeter artillery is used by NATO countries. The United States supplied Ukraine with long-range M777 155-millimeter howitzers, 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 self-propelled artillery units PzH 2000, Polish self-propelled guns Krab and French self-propelled guns CAESAR, using shells of this caliber.