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DONETSK, Aug 27 At 16.45 Ukrainian troops fired six rockets from the MLRS in the Yasinovatsky district, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination reported on the Telegram channel issues related to war crimes in Ukraine (JCCC).
«Fire was recorded from the AFU (armed formations of Ukraine) in the direction: 16.45 — the settlement of Orlivka — the settlement of Yasinovatsky district: six rockets were fired from the MLRS,» the representative office said.
The agency also reported that the Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk were shelled, at 14.40 and 15.25 six shells of «NATO caliber» 155 millimeters were fired at them.
155 mm artillery is used by NATO countries. The United States has supplied Ukraine with long-range M777 howitzers 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.