A residential building in the Kievsky district of Donetsk, damaged by shelling. File photoDONETSK, Aug 2Ukrainian troops shelled the Kirovsky, Petrovsky and Kyiv districts of Donetsk, firing 10 shells with a caliber of 155 and 152 millimeters, 13 heavy shells were fired at Yasinovataya and Oleksandrivka, according to the DPR office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire. of Ukraine in the following directions: 08:15 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Krasnogorovka — the settlement of Aleksandrovka: 10 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired; 08:47 — the settlement of Krasnogorovka — the settlement of Donetsk (Kirovskiy, Petrovsky districts): 7 shells of caliber 122 mm were fired 152 mm; 08:55 — the settlement of Avdiivka — the settlement of Yasinovataya: 3 shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired; 08:54 — the settlement of Pervomaiskoye — the city of Donetsk (Kyiv district): 3 shells with a caliber of 155 mm were fired. Representation Telegram channel.
Ukrainian troops shelled the DPR 48 times per day Artillery with a caliber of 155 millimeters is used by NATO countries. Also in Ukraine, under such a caliber, a wheeled self-propelled artillery mount «Bogdan» was developed and manufactured in a single copy. Earlier, the United States supplied Kyiv with long-range M-777 155-mm howitzers, Ukrainian troops have already used them to shell cities, including Donetsk, resulting in the death of civilians. The Petrovsky district of Donetsk is located on the western outskirts of the capital of the DPR, this is the most distant part of the city from the center. Since 2014, when the DPR declared independence from Kyiv, this area, starting from the line of contact outside the city of Marinka, has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian security forces. The Kievsky district of Donetsk is located in the northern part of the city. Here are Shakhterskaya Square, Kyiv Prospekt, the railway station, the Donbass Arena football stadium. Artem Street, the main artery in the city, also ends here. Since 2014, when the DNR declared independence from Kyiv following a coup d'état there, the area has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian security forces. The airport, which was destroyed as a result of many months of fighting between the Ukrainian military besieged there and the Donetsk militias who stormed their positions, is considered to be the northern outskirts of the region.
