DONETSK, Sep 7 Ukrainian troops released 11 shells with calibers of 155 and 152 mm in Horlivka and the Yasinovatsky district, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported in its Telegram channel. armed formations of Ukraine) in the direction: 20.30 — the settlement of Dzerzhinsk — the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): three shells with a caliber of 152 mm were fired; 20.50 — the settlement of Dzerzhinsk — the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): four shells with a caliber of 152 mm were fired .. 21.00 — Orlovka settlement — Yasinovatsky district: four shells of 155 millimeters caliber were fired,» the representative office said in a statement.
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 settlements in the DPR, before the start of the conflict in the Donbass, the population of Gorlovka numbered more than 250 thousand people.
Artillery of 155 mm caliber is used by NATO countries. The United States 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 Luhansk 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.